PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "145000"]

Abstract:
A surgical suturing instrument includes a handle assembly, a shaft extending distally from the handle assembly, and an end effector. The end effector includes a body portion coupled to the shaft, a first jaw member pivotably coupled to the body portion, and a second jaw member pivotably coupled to the body portion. The first jaw member is rotatable about a longitudinal axis defined by the body portion and defines a hole configured for detachable receipt of a curved needle. The second jaw member defines a hole configured for detachable receipt of a curved needle such that the first and second jaw members transfer a curved needle therebetween upon rotation of the first jaw member about the longitudinal axis of the body portion toward the second jaw member.

Claim (Index 2):
The surgical instrument according to  claim 1 , wherein the hole defined in each of the first and second jaw members is defined at least partially through a distal portion of each of the first and second jaw members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54717
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15471117', '14624886', '13461378', '14604385', '15182047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7826631545470825
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5079720943002594
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7551940485224002
- Mean Citation Score: 339.191078
- Max Citation Score: 354.7557
- Similarity Product: 298.6019175929904

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

Dataset: test