PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "202000"]

Abstract:
A dilation system for accessing a surgical target site to perform surgical procedures. In one version, the dilation system includes a wedge assembly and an actuating mechanism. The wedge assembly comprises includes a base and a plurality of blades extending from the base so that the distal end of the blades extend away from the base. The mechanism is operably associated with the blades so as to cause the distal end of the blades to move from a closed condition to an expanded condition.

Claim (Index 8):
The dilation system of  claim 4 , wherein the base of the wedge assembly has a central tubular portion sized to receive a stimulating probe, and wherein the distal end of the first blade and the distal end of the second blade of the wedge assembly has a notch cooperating to define an opening sized to receive the stimulating probe when the first blade and the second blade of the wedge assembly are in the closed condition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14046685', '14355707', '14147345', '14290582', '12681671']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5661469202451812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5483119827632802
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5643634264969911
- Mean Citation Score: 365.808154
- Max Citation Score: 453.0668
- Similarity Product: 327.8845182551861

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

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