PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767457
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "219000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a tissue retractor. The retractor includes first and a second tissue-support assemblies that are moveably coupled together. Each of the first and second tissue-support assemblies includes a flexible sheet extending between two horizontal members, each sheet comprising a face configured to contact tissue. The tissue support assemblies are configured such that, in use, the first and second sheets exert substantially all of the force against the tissue that is to be retracted.

Claim (Index 1):
A tissue retractor, comprising:\n a first tissue-support assembly movably coupled to a second tissue-support assembly; wherein the first tissue-support assembly comprises:\n a first longitudinal member having a first longitudinal end, a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end, and a first edge; \n a second longitudinal member having a third longitudinal end, a fourth longitudinal end opposite the third longitudinal end, and a second edge; \n a first lateral member extending between the first and second longitudinal members, the first lateral member having a first upper end attached to the first longitudinal member, a first lower end attached to the second longitudinal member, and a first indent region disposed between the first upper end and the first lower end; \n a first sheet of pliable tissue-contact material coupled to the first tissue-support assembly, the first sheet extending from the first edge to the second edge; \n a second tissue-support assembly coupled to the first tissue-support assembly, the second tissue-support assembly comprising:\n a third longitudinal member having a fifth longitudinal end, a sixth longitudinal end opposite the fifth longitudinal end, and a third edge; \n a fourth longitudinal member having a seventh longitudinal end, an eighth longitudinal end opposite the seventh longitudinal end, and a fourth edge; \n a third lateral member extending between the third and fourth longitudinal members, the third lateral member having a third upper end attached to the third longitudinal member, a third lower end attached to the fourth longitudinal member, and a third indent region disposed between the third upper end and the third lower end; \n wherein the first sheet comprises a first face and a second face opposite the first face, wherein the first face faces away from the first indent region; wherein the second sheet comprises a third face and a fourth face opposite the third face, wherein the third face faces away from the third indent region; wherein the first face faces away from the third face; wherein the first face faces away from the second face; wherein the first sheet does not contact the first lateral member; wherein the second sheet does not contact the third lateral member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69388
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11677975', '13447931', '12241897', '13059479', '13237710']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4801275152083603
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4765189000364374
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.479766653691168
- Mean Citation Score: 194.807434
- Max Citation Score: 201.0193
- Similarity Product: 142.96558492256997

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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