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 11):
The cartridge of  claim 1 , wherein:\n the second slot houses a first staple pusher having a cupped portion, and the first one of the plurality of staples; wherein the cupped portion and a wall of the second slot guide the base of the first one of the plurality of staples as the first one of the plurality of staples is translated relative to the elongated body.

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): 0.9586689126090784
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5213985349974898
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9149418748479194
- Mean Citation Score: 365.479164
- Max Citation Score: 505.67114
- Similarity Product: 438.2945606469106

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