PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017585
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["606", "046000"]

Abstract:
A medical instrument for use in EMR and ESD procedures includes a proximal handle having an electrical connection plug, a slidable handle portion, and a rotatable handle portion. The medical instrument includes a sheath extending from the proximal handle, the sheath comprising a lumen and a distal end away from the proximal handle. A cutting assembly extends through the sheath and comprises a wire and a working end. The cutting assembly and sheath are moveable relative to each other to cover and reveal the working end such that the working end has a retracted position and a working position. The working end comprises a flexible knife comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and an insulated portion. An insulated spear-shaped tip is provided at the distal end of the flexible knife, the insulated spear-shaped tip preventing cutting of a layer other than a mucosal layer or a submucosal layer.

Claim (Index 17):
The medical instrument of  claim 1 , wherein the sheath of the medical instrument is configured to operate within a working channel in an endoscope.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11775996', '13413310', '13763220', '13413275', '12688249']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8255727933707137
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4819982059437752
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7912153346280199
- Mean Citation Score: 252.403978
- Max Citation Score: 256.88785
- Similarity Product: 182.5625787794292

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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