PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16126731
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "219000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method of stapling an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of providing an end effector, the end effector comprising a first jaw having an anvil, a second jaw having a cartridge housing a plurality of staples, providing a buttress, the buttress comprising a first buttress member and a second buttress member, attaching the first buttress member to the anvil, attaching the second buttress member to the cartridge, deploying the plurality of staples, and cutting the first buttress member and the second buttress member.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of stapling an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an end effector, the end effector comprising;\n (a) an anvil that includes a first end, a second end, and an anvil face positionable on the first side of the anatomical structure; \n (b) a cartridge housing a plurality of staples, the cartridge comprising a first end, a second end, and a cartridge face positionable on the second side of the anatomical structure, wherein the first end of the cartridge is coupled with the first end of the anvil and the second end of the cartridge is coupled with the second end of the anvil; and \n (c) a blade, the blade comprising a cutting surface, wherein the blade is engageable with the anvil and the cartridge; \n providing a buttress, the buttress being a planar section of material; attaching the buttress to the anvil face or the cartridge face; positioning the end effector proximate the anatomical structure; deploying the plurality of staples to puncture the buttress; coupling the buttress to the anatomical structure with the plurality of staples; and cutting the buttress.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16126647', '16126604', '15147942', '14926072', '14926029']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8436009035685227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5821556928519684
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8174563824968674
- Mean Citation Score: 449.794954
- Max Citation Score: 540.3427
- Similarity Product: 487.1627382668257

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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