Extract to table

However, the Court did require that the retraction be "automatic" — meaning the blade must retract without the need for a separate, independent operator action beyond the initial deployment and penetration sequence

Under the Court's construction, the "retractable blade deployment mechanism" must "automatically retract the blade to a shielded position after penetration

Releasing the trigger is a "discrete, affirmative operator action" — the operator must make a conscious decision to release the trigger, and must physically open the hand or relax the fingers to allow the trigger to move from the depressed to the released position

Ng's Report We must anticipate the arguments that Apex will advance in opposition to the motion, particularly with respect to the '884 Patent

" Column 3, lines 15–18, of the '884 Patent state: "Unlike manually actuated retraction systems, in which the operator must perform a separate action to retract the blade after penetration, the present invention provides for automatic retraction upon penetration of the body wall

In the PE-5000, the operator must perform a "separate action" — releasing the trigger — to retract the blade