PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16113280
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["607", "115000"]

Abstract:
A device and method that provides a minimally-invasive approach to performing treatments on soft tissue, such as that found in the bladder. The device is useful for manipulating tissue such that treatment tools can be inserted into the tissue at a controlled depth.

Claim (Index 1):
An elongate instrument comprising:\n a handle assembly at a proximal end; a suction head at a distal end; an elongate shaft portion between the handle assembly and the suction head; wherein said elongate shaft portion comprises at least one cannula channel, a suction channel and a scope channel; at least one electrode set slidably associated with one of the at least one cannula channels and including an electrode and a cannula and slidable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, a distal end of the cannula is contained within the associated cannula channel and wherein in the second position, the distal end of the cannula extends from the distal end of the associated cannula channel, proximate the suction head.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.24324
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14720581', '14328636', '14030869', '14285627', '14029467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6981626528203726
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.569181782090091
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6852645657473445
- Mean Citation Score: 358.703542
- Max Citation Score: 507.16663
- Similarity Product: 392.5022566467632

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

Dataset: test