PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876264
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "139000"]

Abstract:
A method of securing tissue is provided. The method includes obtaining a section of tubing, sizing the section of tubing to a desired length, securing the section of tubing to a connector member, securing the connector member to an end effector of a surgical instrument, guiding the end effector to a target location using the section of tubing, and performing a surgical procedure with the end effector.

Claim (Index 10):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein guiding the end effector to the target location includes receiving the section of tubing between target tissue and collateral tissue.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11429
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12571659', '13371643', '13727685', '13371799', '15232882']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8200712402881176
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5038209368712976
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7884462099464357
- Mean Citation Score: 300.2009520000001
- Max Citation Score: 316.6019
- Similarity Product: 182.8652009117305

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

Dataset: test