PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112222
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "143000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method of stapling including providing an end effector having a first jaw with an anvil, a second jaw with a cartridge retaining a plurality of staples, a first coupling that couples a first end of the first jaw to a first end of the second jaw, a second coupling including a rigid link that movably couples a second end of the first jaw to a second end of the second jaw, and a knife; inserting the end effector through a trocar; positioning the cartridge face; positioning the anvil face; operating the end effector to move the rigid link such that the first jaw is urged towards the second jaw; operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge; and actuating the knife.

Claim (Index 21):
A method of stapling an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an end effector comprising;\n (a) an anvil that includes a first end, a second end, and an anvil face; \n (b) a cartridge retaining a plurality of staples, the cartridge comprising a first end, a second end, and a cartridge face, the cartridge face including a channel extending from the first end of the cartridge to the second end of the cartridge, wherein the first end of the cartridge is pivotally coupled with the first end of the anvil; \n (c) a blade, the blade comprising a cutting surface and at least one elongated arm, wherein the at least one elongated arm is slidably engaged with the channel; and \n (d) a rigid link that movably couples the second end of the anvil to the second end of the cartridge; \n inserting the end effector through a trocar to access the anatomical structure; positioning the cartridge face on the first side of the anatomical structure; positioning the anvil face on the second side of the anatomical structure; operating the end effector to move the rigid link such that the anvil is urged towards the cartridge to clamp the end effector on the anatomical structure; operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge to staple the anatomical structure; and actuating the blade to cut the anatomical structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.91667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13971022', '14206713', '13967449', '13971006', '13967716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9382521979574778
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5505887779857948
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8994858559603095
- Mean Citation Score: 386.848678
- Max Citation Score: 399.1128
- Similarity Product: 326.5744532029152

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

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