PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941599
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["604", "510000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for guiding cannulation with a dialysis needle of an arteriovenous dialysis access graft subcutaneously implanted in a body of a subject. The guiding apparatus comprises an elongated body member comprising a base portion terminating in longitudinal edges, a distance between the longitudinal edges of the base portion being substantially equal to a lateral dimension of the aces graft, and an elongated tubular sleeve defining an pocket having a longitudinal dimension and a lateral dimension configured to receive the body member. The body member is adapted to be received in the pocket of the sleeve for securing adjacent the subcutaneous access graft such that the inner surface of the base portion is aligned with a cannulation point of the graft for guiding location of a needle insertion.

Claim (Index 8):
A kit comprising:\n at least one dialysis needle for accessing an arteriovenous dialysis access graft subcutaneously implanted in a body of a subject, the arteriovenous dialysis graft including a flexible conduit defining a longitudinal flow passageway and having a first end portion configured to connect to an artery of the subject and a second end portion configured to connect to a vein of the subject such that blood flows through the longitudinal flow passageway of the conduit from the first end portion to the second end portion, and a cannulation chamber defining a cannulation port, the conduit extending through the cannulation chamber for receiving the needle inserted through the cannulation port; a dispenser; and a plurality of elongated body members, each body member having a longitudinal axis and an inner surface, the body member comprising a base portion terminating in longitudinal edges, a distance between the longitudinal edges of the base portion being substantially equal to a lateral dimension of the cannulation chamber, wherein the body member is adapted to be secured adjacent the subcutaneous cannulation chamber such that the legs operatively engage the cannulation chamber for aligning the inner surface of the base portion with the cannulation port for guiding location of a needle insertion, and wherein each body member has at least one passage opening into the inner surface of the body member for passing a needle, the needle passage of the body member being in a different position than the needle passage of any other body member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07812
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14027986', '15450523', '15396791', '14310373', '13607783']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7601873474572369
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5498172182815033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7391503345396636
- Mean Citation Score: 299.27562400000005
- Max Citation Score: 411.36856
- Similarity Product: 384.8795070892477

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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