PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933036
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
A surgical sheath for use in endoscopic trans-nasal or intra-ocular surgery has an angle section joined to a conical section, with the conical section having a central axis not parallel to a central axis of the angle section. A body section is joined to the angle section, with the body section having a length at least twice the length of the angle section. The conical section, the angle section and the body section may be a flexible or compliant material. The sheath reduces collateral trauma to the tissues in the surgical pathway.

Claim (Index 14):
The sheath of  claim 13  wherein angle PP is 10-20 degrees and an angle CC of 25 to 40 degrees so that the proximal opening is in a plane facing downward at an angle 5 to 30 degrees.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10638
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15340718', '13798990', '14630463', '13270459', '11998543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5798405640197514
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4863947628954079
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.570495983907317
- Mean Citation Score: 214.785966
- Max Citation Score: 288.49667
- Similarity Product: 267.80427759922986

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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