PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977263
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "002400"]

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for performing a procedure on a heart valve in which a loop of material contacts at least a portion of the annulus or the leaflets of a valve. Anchors are distributed about the loop and configured for implantation into the annulus or the leaflets in a forward direction and resist extraction in a backwards direction. The anchors each have a pointy front end and a back end, and two panels of material with cylindrically curved outer surfaces. A slot runs in a front-to-back direction between the two panels of material. After the anchors are implanted into the annulus or the leaflets, the loop can be used to retain a replacement valve or to constrict the annulus.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for performing a procedure on a heart valve, the heart valve having an annulus and leaflets, the method comprising the steps of:\n delivering a loop of material to the vicinity of the annulus or the leaflets; delivering a plurality of anchors to the vicinity of the annulus or the leaflets, each of the plurality of anchors having a pointy front end and a back end, each of the plurality of anchors including a first panel of material having a cylindrically curved outer surface and a second panel of material having a cylindrically curved outer surface, with a slot that runs in a front-to-back direction disposed between the first panel of material and the second panel of material, wherein the front ends of the plurality of anchors are configured for implantation into the annulus or the leaflets in a forward direction and wherein the plurality of anchors are configured so that subsequent to implantation, the plurality of anchors resist extraction from the annulus or the leaflets in a backwards direction, wherein the plurality of anchors are arranged with respect to the loop of material so that when the loop of material is deployed the plurality of anchors are distributed about the loop of material with the front ends of the plurality of anchors facing the annulus or the leaflets; and implanting the plurality of anchors into the annulus or the leaflets.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91045
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14895711', '14364060', '15163453', '15352288', '15893122']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7844775275042776
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.554870883304798
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7615168630843296
- Mean Citation Score: 358.278054
- Max Citation Score: 468.52094000000005
- Similarity Product: 379.3502962796188

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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