PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16001887
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "183000"]

Abstract:
A disposable, sterile guide constructed of medically-acceptable plastic used for compartmentalizing and therefore protecting the ligament or fascia during three different orthopedic surgical procedures: ECTR, ECuTR, and EPFR. This device reduces the risk of damage to any other part of the surrounding anatomy. The device is disposable and packaged so as to be sterile and therefore readily usable by the surgeon means that it can reduce the risk of infection and is a less expensive alternative to traditional non-disposable, metal instruments that must be sterilized prior to each procedure.

Claim (Index 2):
The surgical guide of  claim 1 , wherein the head includes finger cutouts to assist in holding the guide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.38571
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13817425', '12343651', '11470439', '12029232', '11536961']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4707356667900974
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.470023055714559
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4706644056825435
- Mean Citation Score: 141.719682
- Max Citation Score: 149.66637
- Similarity Product: 102.77199585786406

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

Dataset: test