PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15992030
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "204000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of an actuated cannula seal are disclosed In some embodiments, a cannula seal includes a base portion that engages with a cannula; and a seal portion integrally formed with the base portion, the sealing portion capable of engaging with an instrument shaft, the sealing portion capable of being actuated by an actuator so that the sealing portion is continually in motion relative to the instrument shaft. The actuation of the sealing portion can be accomplished by rotation or vibration of the sealing portion relative to the instrument shaft.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein actuating the sealing portion comprises driving a piezoelectric actuator coupled to the sealing portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97917
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14181541', '15411527', '13769036', '15057080', '15045184']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5249112572982693
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5538831489046674
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5278084464589091
- Mean Citation Score: 344.539862
- Max Citation Score: 426.0813
- Similarity Product: 350.1507651773215

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