PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023475
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["623", "001140"]

Abstract:
An integrated valve prosthesis includes an anchor stent, a tether component, and a valve component. The anchor stent includes a self-expanding tubular frame member configured to be deployed in the annulus of an aortic valve or the aorta. The valve component includes a valve frame and a prosthetic valve coupled to the valve frame, and is configured to be deployed within the anchor stent. The tether component includes a first end coupled to the anchor stent and a second end coupled to the valve frame. In the delivery configuration, the tether component extends in a first direction from the anchor stent to the valve component, and in the deployed configuration, the tether component extends in a second direction from the anchor stent to the valve component. The second direction is generally opposite the first direction. The tether component may set the location of the valve component relative to the anchor stent.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of implanting an integrated valve assembly at a location of a native valve comprising the steps of:\n advancing the integrated valve assembly in a radially compressed delivery configuration to the location of the native valve, wherein the integrated valve assembly comprises an anchor stent, a valve component including a valve frame and a prosthetic valve, and a tether component having a first end coupled to the anchor stent and a second end coupled to the valve component, wherein in the radially compressed delivery configuration the tether component extends in a first direction from the anchor stent to the valve component; deploying the anchor stent from the radially compressed configuration to a radially expanded configuration at a location within an annulus of the native valve; advancing the valve component in the delivery configuration in a second direction opposite the first direction through at least a portion of the anchor stent such that the tether component extends in the second direction from the anchor stent to the valve component; and deploying the valve component such that the valve frame expands from the radially compressed delivery configuration to a radially expanded configuration with a proximal portion of the valve frame engaging an inner surface of the anchor stent, wherein the tether component comprises a tubular skirt, the tubular skirt being configured such that the step of advancing the valve component disposes the tubular skirt between the anchor stent and the valve frame, and wherein the step of advancing the valve component causes the tubular skirt to fold such that a portion of the skirt extends proximal of the anchor stent and wherein the step of deploying the valve component causes the portion of the tubular skirt extending proximal of the anchor stent to extend radially outward to seal the skirt against tissue of the heart.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.34694
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14062457', '15253933', '13795101', '14533541', '15000513']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8023077359079455
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5257909121363429
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7746560535307851
- Mean Citation Score: 343.922186
- Max Citation Score: 400.79782
- Similarity Product: 339.99109707562206

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

Dataset: test