PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767457
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "219000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a tissue retractor. The retractor includes first and a second tissue-support assemblies that are moveably coupled together. Each of the first and second tissue-support assemblies includes a flexible sheet extending between two horizontal members, each sheet comprising a face configured to contact tissue. The tissue support assemblies are configured such that, in use, the first and second sheets exert substantially all of the force against the tissue that is to be retracted.

Claim (Index 5):
The tissue retractor of  claim 1 , wherein the first tissue-support assembly further comprises a second lateral member extending between the first and second longitudinal members;\n wherein the second lateral member has a second upper end attached to the first longitudinal member, a second lower end attached to the second longitudinal member, and a second indent region disposed between the second upper end and the second lower end; wherein the second lateral member is spaced apart from the first lateral member; wherein the first sheet does not contact the second lateral member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69388
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11677975', '13447931', '12241897', '13059479', '13237710']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5123153032906658
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4689410255357
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5079778755151692
- Mean Citation Score: 194.807434
- Max Citation Score: 201.0193
- Similarity Product: 157.9529102608681

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

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