PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968819
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A cartridge for a surgical stapler has an elongated body having a first side with a tissue clamping interface and a second side. The elongated body is configured to removably house a plurality of B-form staples, at least one of the plurality of B-form staples having a base and a leg. The elongated body has a first slot shaped to receive a translating cutting mechanism, the first slot passing through the first side and the second side. The elongated body has a second slot shaped to house at least a first one of the plurality of staples; and a third slot shaped to house at least a second one of the plurality of staples at an angle oblique to the first one of the plurality of staples.

Claim (Index 4):
The cartridge of  claim 4 , wherein:\n the elongated body is coupled to a support jaw; and one of at least one of the plurality of staples has a leg length of 3.42 mm or greater, and the cartridge is shaped to fit within an envelope diameter of 5.6 mm or less at least one of the plurality of staples has a leg length of 4.72 mm or greater, and the cartridge is shaped to fit within an envelope diameter of 8.6 mm or less.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73469
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15148744', '11410346', '15077454', '14300807', '14933892']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9601015599343106
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4994774799259412
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9140391519334736
- Mean Citation Score: 365.479164
- Max Citation Score: 505.67114
- Similarity Product: 471.2407949391293

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test