PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16202967
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["623", "001140"]

Abstract:
A method of crimping an implantable prosthetic valve can include placing protective material over at least a portion of the implantable prosthetic valve. The protective material can be configured to occupy space between open cells of a frame of the implantable prosthetic valve to prevent damage to a leaflet structure of the implantable prosthetic valve. The method can also include crimping the implantable prosthetic valve with the protective material on the implantable prosthetic valve, and removing the protective material from between the frame and the leaflet structure of the implantable prosthetic valve.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of assembling an implantable prosthetic valve, comprising:\n suturing a reinforcing member to inner surfaces of three tissue leaflets adjacent curved lower edges of the leaflets; suturing a skirt member to outer surfaces of the leaflets with a suture that extends through the skirt member, the leaflets, and the reinforcing member along a scallop line that tracks the curved lower edges of the leaflets to form an assembly comprised of the skirt member, the leaflets, and the reinforcing member; placing the assembly inside of a radially collapsible and expandable annular frame, the annular frame comprising at least three rows of circumferentially extending rows of angled struts including a first row of angled struts defining an inflow end of the frame, a second row of angled struts defining an outflow end of the frame, and a third row of angled struts positioned axially between the first and second rows of angled struts along a length of the frame, wherein the frame comprises a plastically deformable material selected from the group comprising stainless steel and a nickel-cobalt based alloy; and suturing the skirt member to struts of the first and third rows of angled struts.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34146
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16202928', '13167549', '12480603', '16202980', '15984716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8633392345484575
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5753404171159925
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8345393528052111
- Mean Citation Score: 522.3512820000002
- Max Citation Score: 567.0167
- Similarity Product: 441.70633834592695

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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