PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956068
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "478000"]

Abstract:
A method of visually locating a vessel within a body lumen comprises displacing an opaque fluid with an inflatable member contained within an open area of a barrier or membrane. The method also comprises positioning the inflatable member against or adjacent to a tissue region at a first location and visually assessing the tissue region at the first location through the inflatable member. The method also comprises repositioning the inflatable member against or adjacent to the tissue region at a second location.

Claim (Index 22):
A method of cannulating a coronary sinus within a heart chamber, comprising:\n positioning an open area of a barrier or membrane over or upon an ostium of the coronary sinus; displacing an opaque fluid with a transparent fluid from the open area defined by the barrier or membrane and tissue surrounding the ostium; visualizing the ostium through the transparent fluid by viewing the ostium via an imaging element attached to an inner surface of the barrier or membrane; and introducing a guidewire through the barrier or membrane and into the ostium while under visual guidance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02381
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11848207', '11848202', '11775771', '11259498', '11848532']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6157395760817849
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5404096306726448
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6082065815408708
- Mean Citation Score: 409.394456
- Max Citation Score: 440.8528
- Similarity Product: 322.722272592926

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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