PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036689
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "037000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods to reduce ventricular volume are disclosed. The device takes the form of a transventricular anchor, which presses a portion of the ventricular wall inward, thereby reducing the available volume of the ventricle. The anchor is deployed using a curved introducer that may be inserted into one ventricle, through the septum and into the opposite ventricle. Barbs or protrusions along the anchor body combined with a mechanical stop and a sealing member hold the device in place once deployed.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for performing ventricular reconstruction of a heart, the method comprising:\n an elongate body that is configured for insertion into the heart so that a distal end of the elongate body is positioned in a right ventricle of the heart; a distal anchor that is configured for delivery into the right ventricle of the heart via the elongate body and that is configured to engage the septum when the distal anchor is positioned in the right ventricle; a tension member that is coupled with the distal anchor so that tension applied to the tension member is transferred to the distal anchor and to the septum when the distal anchor is engaged with the septum, wherein the tension member has a sufficient length such that the tension member extends through the wall and septum of the heart and to an exterior of a patient's body while the distal anchor is engaged with the septum; and a proximal anchor having a central aperture or through which the tension member is insertable to couple the proximal anchor with the tension member, the proximal anchor being configured to move distally along the tension member toward the distal anchor and being configured to prevent proximal movement of the proximal anchor along the tension member away from the distal anchor; wherein the proximal anchor is configured to engage the wall of the heart to enable the wall to be biased toward engagement with the septum.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51724
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11450131', '15894753', '14657180', '15341945', '12828974']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4905229588369527
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5072368534734566
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4921943483006031
- Mean Citation Score: 272.01234
- Max Citation Score: 310.0353
- Similarity Product: 239.8066576448857

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

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