PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "206000"]

Abstract:
Access devices including access ports and retractors, which enhance the working area and access to a surgical site. The access port includes a tubular body with at least one sidewall defining an interior path along the length of the tubular body. The sidewall includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The flexible portion is able to stretch or deform, for example, to accommodate an angled trajectory of a surgical implement. A surgical access device for retracting tissue includes a plurality of retractor blades. The outer surface of the retractor blades form a substantially circular cross-sectional configuration with a plurality of spiral ridges projecting therefrom such that advancement of the retractor into the surgical site may be improved.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of retracting tissue comprising:\n inserting a surgical retractor into an incision in a patient's skin by rotating the surgical retractor; and moving the at least one blade of the surgical retractor away from a center line thereof, thereby enlarging the incision wherein the surgical retractor comprises:\n a plurality of retractor blades each having a generally arcuate segment with a distal end, a proximal end, and an outer surface, the plurality of retractor blades are radially spaced apart to define a passage extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the outer surface of the plurality of retractor blades forming a substantially circular cross-sectional configuration having a plurality of spiral ridges projecting therefrom, \n wherein the at least one retractor blade is configured to pivot away from a center line such that the passage is expandable in response to an applied force.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71622
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14212903', '11441753', '12242726', '12242711', '15408544']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4908560571645902
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4723326550476879
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4890037169529
- Mean Citation Score: 194.906572
- Max Citation Score: 216.16635
- Similarity Product: 167.7933064158976

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test