PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15900758
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["623", "002110"]

Abstract:
A collapsible and expandable receptacle that can be inserted into a patient's cavity through a laparoscopic port (sleeve) is disclosed herein. The receptacle is configured so that when it enters the cavity it can be expanded or opened into the shape of a bowl or cone. A targeted tissue specimen can then be placed inside the expanded receptacle through a central opening which can be closed afterwards. The surgeon has the room and visibility to cut the tissue with a power morcellator and avoid severing the bag or spreading unwanted particulate tissue to other areas inside the patient. Once the specimen has been cut and removed, the empty receptacle can be collapsed and removed out the same tissue removing sleeve.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of morcellating a targeted piece of tissue in a subject comprising:\n a) providing a collapsible receptacle, having a vertical axis with a lower half section with a distal area, and an upper half section with a proximal end, and a horizontal axis, configured such that when the collapsible receptacle is collapsed on its horizontal axis, it is linearly sized to fit within and through an opening between 14-20 mm in width but not when expanded in a natural open position; said receptacle comprising: a distal area; a plurality of at least three support rods positioned in a circumferential and equidistant manner around the vertical axis, or substantially so, and having proximal ends extending proximally and laterally away from the distal area and configured such that the support rods can move towards each other on the horizontal axis when the receptacle is collapsing and move away from each other on the horizontal axis when the receptacle is opening, a flexible liner that is water resistant, low-friction, tear-resistant, and made of material different from the support rods, having a thickness between 0.05-0.15 mm, wrapped along the support rods such as to define a bag with a closed end at the distal area; and a cover that is permanently attached to the perimeter of the proximal end of the receptacle, is expandable and collapsible to fit through the 14 to 20 mm opening, and comprises a substantially central opening; b) creating one or more incisions in the subject near the targeted piece of tissue, wherein the incision has a width of between 14-20 mm and inserting a first trocar sleeve into a first incision; c) collapsing the receptacle; d) inserting the collapsed receptacle inside of the subject through the first trocar sleeve; e) positioning the targeted tissue into the receptacle through the central opening in the cover; f) closing the central opening such that at least 75% of the opening's area is occluded; g) positioning a morcellator into the receptacle and cutting the target tissue; h) removing the cut targeted tissue from the receptacle through a trocar sleeve; and i) collapsing the receptacle and withdrawing it from inside the subject through a trocar sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15382119', '14559246', '15882407', '14689713', '15524558']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7688763607866315
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5829424380854554
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7502829685165139
- Mean Citation Score: 281.672034
- Max Citation Score: 525.24896
- Similarity Product: 481.82304212545387

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