PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16273126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "528000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are methods of using bend-limited catheters that are freely bendable at angles greater than the locking bend angle, e.g., when the bend radius is less than the locking bend radius. The device will limit or prevent bending beyond the locking bend angle.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 15 , further wherein the pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth and the cut-out kerf are configured so that the tubular body expands in the long axis from a compressed length to a maximally expanded length by between about 0.005 inches per every 0.1 inch of the length of the pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth and 0.085 inches per every 0.1 inch of the length of the pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41176
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15515806', '10819358', '15065938', '12543941', '12689748']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7997620368846382
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4893140207636964
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.768717235272544
- Mean Citation Score: 203.364456
- Max Citation Score: 212.3154
- Similarity Product: 142.79751065272092

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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