PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899720
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["601", "002000"]

Abstract:
A surgical apparatus comprises an instrument body, an end effector, and a control module. The end effector is in communication with the handle assembly. The end effector is operable for use in a surgical procedure. The control module is in communication with the end effector. The end effector with the control module is able to deliver surgical energy as well as nerve excitation energy to a surgical site. A surgeon may detect stimulation of nervous tissue by visually observing the tissue twitch, and may adjust surgical technique accordingly. A sensor may be used to detect excitation of nervous tissue based on excitation caused by the nerve excitation energy.

Claim (Index 27):
The surgical instrument of  claim 24 , further comprising a joint switch operatively connected to the clamp arm and the ultrasonic blade and configured to trigger delivery of power to the sensor when the clamp arm is in a certain angle in relation to ultrasonic blade for detecting the biological response.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10714
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13449837', '14086085', '15715738', '14928375', '14553329']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6268512031772309
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5039723712279033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6145633199822981
- Mean Citation Score: 278.013318
- Max Citation Score: 284.9178
- Similarity Product: 220.49295266429183

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

Dataset: test