PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933036
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
A surgical sheath for use in endoscopic trans-nasal or intra-ocular surgery has an angle section joined to a conical section, with the conical section having a central axis not parallel to a central axis of the angle section. A body section is joined to the angle section, with the body section having a length at least twice the length of the angle section. The conical section, the angle section and the body section may be a flexible or compliant material. The sheath reduces collateral trauma to the tissues in the surgical pathway.

Claim (Index 6):
The sheath of  claim 1  with the third side extending between upper ends of the second side and the fourth side, and with the third side forming an angle of 25 to 40 degrees with a lower wall of the body section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10638
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15340718', '13798990', '14630463', '13270459', '11998543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5805448992273186
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4822184090988343
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5707122502144701
- Mean Citation Score: 214.785966
- Max Citation Score: 288.49667
- Similarity Product: 286.41483315967497

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