PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16201193
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "108000"]

Abstract:
A single body port or body flange access device and method for performing laparoscopic surgery are disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of crisscrossing conduits through which surgical instruments may be inserted. The instruments are manipulated so that triangulation is obtained using one patient body flange while standard surgical procedures are performed on the patient.

Claim (Index 36):
A system for performing a laparoscopic surgical procedure in the abdominal cavity of a patient through a single incision in the patient's abdominal wall, comprising:\n a) an access port body configured for placement within the single incision and having at least first and second passageways extending therethrough, the access port body including at least first and second conduits that extend from an upper surface of the access port body and communicate respectively with the at least first and second passageways; b) a first surgical instrument extendible through the first conduit and the first passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient; and c) a second surgical instrument extendible through the second conduit and the passageway of the access port body into the abdominal cavity of the patient, wherein the first and second conduits and the first and second passageways are adapted and configured to allow for triangulation of the first and second surgical instruments within the abdominal cavity of the patient.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.26087
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15812655', '11710388', '12220248', '14554337', '15098301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7886520544986475
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5449185070762098
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7642786997564037
- Mean Citation Score: 343.680762
- Max Citation Score: 469.50824000000006
- Similarity Product: 371.43956622176177

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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