PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917212
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "157000"]

Abstract:
An endoscope sheath comprising: a proximal end; a distal end having a distal end region; a surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end; and a plurality of positioning devices located along the surface; wherein the sheath is configured to: (1) receive all or a portion of an endoscope having a cylindrical end and (2) provide a conduit for communicating fluid between the proximal end of the sheath and the distal end of the sheath when the endoscope is inserted inside the sheath; and wherein the distal end region of the sheath includes the plurality of positioning devices that secure the cylindrical end of the endoscope against a portion of an inner wall of the surface extending between the proximal end and the distal end so that a fluid barrier is created between the cylindrical end of the endoscope and the inner wall.

Claim (Index 12):
The endoscope sheath of  claim 7 , wherein a shape of the sheath is continuous along a length of the sheath.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83929
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14496473', '14493700', '10899209', '14551208', '14551440']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5270567347646639
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5226962458457205
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5266206858727696
- Mean Citation Score: 277.99615200000005
- Max Citation Score: 362.3355
- Similarity Product: 293.14853826650983

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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