PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15864332
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["600", "204000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of a natural orifice access device that comprises a cut-out portion to provide access to a surgical site and that includes an obturator adapted to interface with the cut-out potion to provide a smooth and consistent contact surface during insertion into the natural orifice.

Claim (Index 1):
A surgical access system adapted for performing laparoscopic surgical procedures at a natural orifice comprising:\n an outer ring, wherein the outer ring is configured to be disposed proximate the natural orifice of the patient and surround the orifice; a tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis and a cut-out portion disposed through a side of the tubular body; a funnel segment extending between and coupling the outer ring and the proximal end of the tubular body, wherein the funnel segment comprises an inner surface that can provide a bearing surface for an obturator used to advance to the retractor into a body cavity and provides a diametric reduction between the larger diameter of the outer ring and the smaller diameter of the tubular body, which is sized to fit within a natural orifice with minimal distention of the orifice; and an obturator comprising a proximal bearing surface sized and configured to bear against the inner surface of the funnel segment, a distal dilation surface sized and configured to expand the natural orifice, a straight shaft piece disposed between the distal dilation surface and the proximal bearing surface, and a raised flange disposed on the straight shaft piece, adapted to interface with the cut-out potion to provide a smooth and consistent contact surface during insertion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4375
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15845002', '15016080', '13865854', '15019859', '13250398']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5848720514318613
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5423152955536469
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5806163758440399
- Mean Citation Score: 381.598968
- Max Citation Score: 385.98676
- Similarity Product: 357.9517179406141

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

Dataset: test