PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974262
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["156", "293000"]

Abstract:
A method of coupling a catheter tunneler adapter to a catheter is provided. The method includes providing a catheter having a lumen divider at a proximal end thereof; forming a receiving notch in the lumen divider by removing a center portion thereof such that two divider side portions remain; providing a catheter tunneler adapter having a distal end including a radially inward step which defines a contact surface configured to be received in the proximal end of the catheter; positioning the distal end of the catheter tunneler adapter within the catheter until the radially inward step engages the receiving notch; and securing the catheter tunneler adapter to the catheter.

Claim (Index 15):
The assembly according to  claim 12 , wherein the passageway is configured for passage of a stylet shaft having a given outer diameter therethrough, wherein the diameter of the first passageway portion is greater than the given outer diameter and the width of the second passageway portion is less than the given outer diameter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05357
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13799723', '15071361', '15410899', '11973550', '10889816']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9233847638436614
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6166291514966304
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8927092026089584
- Mean Citation Score: 469.97314000000006
- Max Citation Score: 536.3901400000002
- Similarity Product: 524.2372887256064

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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