PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15914041
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "207000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are multiple cannulas defining a lumen sized and dimensioned to receive one or more medical instruments, an inflatable outer membrane attached to an outer surface of the cannula, and at least one activator that reversibly activates the cannulas to push a fluid contained in the cannulas into the outer membrane to fill or pressurize the outer membrane. Also disclosed are methods for operating these cannulas.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for operating a cannula comprising the steps of\n a. inserting the cannula into a body cavity, b. filling an internal fluid chamber of the cannula with an insufflated fluid from the body cavity, c. filling said insufflated fluid from the internal fluid chamber to an outer membrane of the cannula, and d. optionally increasing a pressure inside the outer membrane above a pressure of the insufflated fluid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47917
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11642360', '13439694', '13109024', '11581604', '11973188']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5149522250664744
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4781465374057009
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5112716563003971
- Mean Citation Score: 222.718392
- Max Citation Score: 234.34975
- Similarity Product: 181.58138059523705

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

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