PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385316
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["280", "005519"]

Abstract:
A patient transport apparatus for moving a patient from one location to another. The patient transport apparatus comprises a suspension system to limit discomfort to the patient when the patient transport apparatus moves over disturbances in floor surfaces. The suspension system comprises suspension devices such as a spring and/or a damper. The suspension system is operable in an energy-absorbing mode in which the suspension system absorbs energy as wheels move over the disturbances during transport or a lockout mode in which the suspension system is relatively more rigid as compared to the energy-absorbing mode. A control system operates to place the suspension system in one of the modes.

Claim (Index 1):
A patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient over disturbances in floor surfaces, the patient transport apparatus comprising:\n a support structure comprising a base frame and a patient support surface, and a hydraulic unit coupled to the patient support surface to adjust a height of the patient support surface relative to the base frame; wheels coupled to the support structure; a suspension system having an accumulator and being operable in an energy-absorbing mode and a lockout mode, wherein the suspension system is configured to, in at least one of the modes, absorb energy within the accumulator as the wheels move over the disturbances in the floor surfaces; and a controller configured to place the suspension system in one of the modes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05455
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15257060', '14375883', '12884376', '13034090', '15386593']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7895346286836624
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5186939448973703
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7624505603050332
- Mean Citation Score: 167.9689668
- Max Citation Score: 328.2116
- Similarity Product: 260.55772503595347

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