PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937415
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "022000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure describes techniques and devices for improvement of surgical outcomes for tissue removal surgeries. A surgical instrument with adjustable and selective resection is described. The disclosed devices and methods allow selective tissue removal.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for selectively removing a first tissue type comprising:\n selecting a power level of a surgical instrument such that a pressure of a jet of fluid exiting a nozzle of a first lumen and entering an aperture of a second lumen of the surgical instrument is approximately 2,000 to 14,000 psi, wherein;\n the nozzle of the first lumen is approximately 0.003 to 0.015 inches in width; \n the aperture of the second lumen is approximately 0.055 to 0.011 inches in length; and \n the aperture of the second lumen is approximately 0.040 to 0.055 inches in depth; \n inserting the surgical instrument into a surgical site; operating the surgical instrument at the selected power level to create a jet of fluid, cutting and suction force at the aperture of the second lumen, wherein the suction force is generated from pressurized fluid in the inner bore of the first lumen exiting the nozzle and entering the aperture of the second lumen; selectively cutting a first tissue type from two or more tissue types within the surgical site; and evacuating the first tissue type from the surgical site through an inner bore of the second lumen of the surgical instrument.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.37037
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15631722', '10695632', '12207282', '10302766', '10100499']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7792383926195317
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5529021490496727
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7566047682625459
- Mean Citation Score: 287.75883
- Max Citation Score: 453.58746
- Similarity Product: 319.88053642779715

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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