PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16171980
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["422", "536000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus for positioning and securing an excised biological tissue specimen for imaging and analysis. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a sample bag defining an inner volume configured to receive a biological tissue sample, and a sealing member coupled to the sample bag. An imaging window is disposed and configured to be placed in contact with at least a portion of the biological tissue sample, and a positioning member is coupled to the imaging window and is configured to be disposed against the sealing member to substantially seal the inner volume. The positioning member includes a vacuum port disposed and configured to be aligned with a vacuum source to withdraw air from the inner volume of the sample bag.

Claim (Index 52):
A method for forming a sample holder configured to hold a biological tissue sample in a substantially fixed position, the method comprising:\n coupling a sample bag to a sealing member; disposing an imaging window across an opening of the sample bag such that an inner volume of the sample bag is substantially airtight; coupling the sample bag to a locking mechanism by disposing the sample bag through an aperture of the locking mechanism such that the imaging window is disposed against a surface of the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism defining a channel and including a first plurality of vacuum ports, the channel including a first end that is open and a second end that is closed; rotatably coupling the locking mechanism to a receiving member, the receiving member including a ridge configured to be slidably disposed within the channel and a second plurality of vacuum ports, the second plurality of vacuum ports configured to be substantially aligned with the first plurality of ports when the locking mechanism is rotatably coupled to the receiving member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23729
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15410669', '13383318', '12830078', '15765145', '13522353']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7576840522056368
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.478078085895592
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7297234555746324
- Mean Citation Score: 124.06318
- Max Citation Score: 132.16464
- Similarity Product: 84.31562202552793

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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