PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957817
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "002110"]

Abstract:
A method for replacing a native heart valve in need thereof comprises delivering to the native heart valve an apparatus comprising a valve member, a connecting member, and an anchor member suitable for anchoring the apparatus. The valve member reversibly moves between an open position and a closed position to augment or replace the function of the native valve leaflets, thereby reducing valve regurgitation. Some embodiments include a stent that is positioned in the native heart valve with the valve member disposed therein.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for replacing a function of a native heart valve, the method comprising:\n compressing a valve-replacement apparatus to a small diameter; delivering the valve-replacement apparatus to a native mitral valve using a catheter; expanding a stent of the valve-replacement apparatus within the native mitral valve, the stent at least partially covered, a valve member disposed within the stent, the valve member including a plurality of pericardial tissue flaps arranged side-by-side with adjacent surfaces having coaptation areas in close contact with each other to prevent leakage between the flaps; extending a portion of a first end of a flexible connecting member through a ventricular septum, a second end of the connecting member coupled to an outflow portion of the valve-replacement apparatus; and securing the first end of the flexible connecting member to the ventricular septum, to fix a position of the valve member within the native mitral valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71154
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15214362', '15706251', '14313329', '13531184', '14883819']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7720575857037277
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5227752612120616
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7471293532545612
- Mean Citation Score: 341.989628
- Max Citation Score: 374.13724
- Similarity Product: 364.4961884277535

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

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