PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "145000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing is disclosed. A suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes proximal section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, a suture head assembly extending from the distal end of the proximal section; a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end, the suturing needle capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the proximal section, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to and after rotation of the suturing needle, and an actuator extending from the proximal end of the proximal section to actuate a reciprocating needle drive having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle.

Claim (Index 2):
The surgical suturing device of  claim 1 , further comprising a removable cartridge disposed in the suturing head, the removable cartridge including a cartridge housing, wherein a needle track is formed into the removable cartridge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53704
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15265650', '15671450', '15661924', '15358210', '15640452']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8446635519440837
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6251735447084165
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.822714551220517
- Mean Citation Score: 605.447668
- Max Citation Score: 608.0021
- Similarity Product: 597.4671324300409

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

Dataset: test