PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15888723
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "001000"]

Abstract:
The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to modular medical devices, including various devices with detachable modular components and various devices with pivotally attached modular components. Additional embodiments relate to procedures in which various of the devices are used cooperatively. Certain embodiments of the medical devices are robotic in vivo devices.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of surgery comprising:\n making an incision in a patient, wherein the incision provides access to a target cavity in the patient; inserting a robotic device through the incision and into the target cavity in the patient, the robotic device comprising:\n (a) a device body; \n (b) a connection component operably coupled with the device body; \n (c) a first operational arm constructed and arranged to be positionable within a cavity of a patient, the first operational arm comprising:\n (i) a first inner arm segment operably coupled with the device body via a first shoulder joint; \n (ii) a first outer arm segment operably coupled with the first inner arm segment via a first elbow joint; and \n (iii) a first operational component operably coupled with the first outer arm segment; \n \n (e) a second operational arm constructed and arranged to be positionable within a cavity of a patient, the second operational arm comprising:\n (i) a second inner arm segment operably coupled with the device body via a second shoulder joint; \n (ii) a second outer arm segment operably coupled with the second inner arm segment via a second elbow joint; and \n (iii) a second operational component operably coupled with the second outer arm segment; \n \n wherein the first and second operational arms are configured such that the first and second operational arms are not positionable within an enclosure of the robotic device; and \n (f) at least one actuator disposed within each arm, the at least one actuator operably coupled to the arm, wherein the actuator is configured to actuate movement of the arm; and \n performing a procedure in the target cavity of the patient using at least the robotic device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74194
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12324364', '14202353', '12192779', '13329705', '13839422']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7655607276106382
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4870702960189688
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7377116844514713
- Mean Citation Score: 273.25209800000005
- Max Citation Score: 314.95004
- Similarity Product: 288.9525695707679

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

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