PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16094708
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["606", "114000"]

Abstract:
A specimen retrieval system for easier tissue removal during endoscopic surgery. The devices include a specimen tube with a main tube, and a mechanism for pulling and everting the distal end of the tube into the tube, or a side channel provided within the tube. The mechanism may include a tether fixed to the distal edge of the tube, or a grasper operable to grasp the distal edge of the tube.

Claim (Index 34):
A method of retrieving a specimen from an enclosed workspace, said method comprising the steps of:\n providing a specimen tube system comprising:\n a tube having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end being open, said tube having a side channel inside the tube, extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the tube; \n a hoop secured to the open distal end so as to hold open distal end the distal end of the tube when unconstrained; \n a tether having a distal end and a proximal end, said tether secured at its distal end to the hoop, and running proximally through the side channel and extending out of the proximal end of the tube; \n inserting a distal portion of the tube into the workspace, while keeping a proximal portion of the tube outside the workspace; placing an object into the tube; pulling the tether proximally to draw the hoop into the side channel; thereby drawing the open distal end of the tube proximally into the side channel, and everting the tube such that a distal end of the tube resides inside a remaining portion of the tube; and pulling the tube from the workspace, with the object disposed within the tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13713075', '14056217', '12332938', '15375798', '12975778']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8739302192821315
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.477724243637286
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.834309621717647
- Mean Citation Score: 255.121282
- Max Citation Score: 260.8875
- Similarity Product: 173.06505317911504

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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