PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15744963
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["422", "291000"]

Abstract:
A device for counting sterilization cycles during the sterilization of medical instruments and devices includes a counter for recording and reproducing a number of sterilization cycles, an actuation unit for sterilization parameter-dependent actuation of the counter, and a locking unit for sterilization parameter-dependent locking the counter. The actuation unit actuates the counter upon exceeding a first threshold sterilization parameter. The locking unit locks the counter after an actuation has been carried out and/or after exceeding a second threshold sterilization parameter, and unlocks the counter after not meeting a third threshold sterilization parameter.

Claim (Index 5):
The device according to  claim 4 , wherein the locking unit comprises a bimetal element which is deformed between a first shape and a second shape depending on a sterilization temperature,\n wherein the bimetal element decouples the counter from the actuation unit when the bimetal element is in the first shape, and wherein the bimetal element couples the counter to the actuation unit when the bimetal element is in the second shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17778
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12439607', '14254204', '14089134', '15621505', '14905847']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7884069376436658
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4742888107169137
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7569951249509906
- Mean Citation Score: 141.80233200000004
- Max Citation Score: 159.39023
- Similarity Product: 104.93467046601532

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

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