PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947955
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "200000"]

Abstract:
A platform of devices for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal is provided. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter(s) and the system includes a proximal hub, and a distal basket comprised of a plurality of cells. A number of different baskets designs are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such baskets out of a single tube of a memory metal without the need for any welding or soldering, and methods of use are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for removing objects from an interior lumen of an animal, the system comprising:\n a pull wire having a proximal end and a distal end; a distal body attached to the pull wire, the distal body comprising an interior, a proximal end, a distal end, a distal body length extending from the proximal end to the distal end, a proximal junction forming the proximal end of the distal body, a plurality of proximal strips, a basket comprised of a plurality of open and closed cells formed by a plurality of basket strips, and a distal junction forming a distal end of the basket, the basket comprising a basket interior, each proximal strip having a distal end attached to a cell and a proximal end, the proximal ends of the proximal strips converging at the proximal junction, the distal body having a relaxed state wherein the distal body has a first height and a first width, and a collapsed state wherein the distal body has a second height and a second width, the second height less than the first height, the second width less than the first width, wherein, in the relaxed state, the basket comprises a proximal pair of cells located approximately the same distance from the proximal hub and on opposite sides of the basket and having a proximal crown attached to a memory metal strip and pointing generally in the proximal direction and a free distal crown pointing generally in the distal direction, wherein, in the relaxed state, each free distal crown of the proximal pair of cells forms part of an enlarged open cell configured to allow a thrombus to pass therethrough and into the basket interior, wherein, in the relaxed state, the basket comprises a plurality of distal closed cells distal to the proximal pair of cells and having a proximal crown attached to another cell of the basket and pointing generally in the proximal direction and a distal crown pointing generally in the distal direction and attached to the distal junction, wherein, in the relaxed state, the basket does not have any free crowns that point generally in the proximal direction, wherein the distal body, in the relaxed state, comprises a distal tapered region in which the distal body height and width decrease as the basket approaches the distal junction, wherein the distal body, in the relaxed state comprises a proximal tapered region in which the distal body height and width decrease as the proximal strips approach the proximal junction, and further wherein, in the relaxed state, the basket interior is substantially hollow.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.49231
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15680021', '15390457', '15311849', '15417505', '15449901']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8848689406293988
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6673724490177045
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8631192914682294
- Mean Citation Score: 695.51822
- Max Citation Score: 708.8008
- Similarity Product: 704.2435276673317

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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