PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045059
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["623", "001140"]

Abstract:
Apparatus is provided for use with a native valve of a heart of a subject. The apparatus includes: (1) an annular upstream support portion, comprising an expandable first frame, the upstream support portion configured to be placed against an upstream surface of the native valve; (2) a flexible polyester connector; and (3) an anchoring element, flexibly coupled to the upstream support portion by the connector, and configured to anchor the upstream support portion to the native valve by engaging tissue of the native valve.

Claim (Index 12):
The apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a prosthetic valve that comprises (i) an expandable second frame that defines a lumen therethrough, and (ii) a plurality of prosthetic leaflets disposed within the lumen and coupled to the second frame, the prosthetic valve configured to be positioned inward from the upstream support portion, and the prosthetic valve support configured to support the prosthetic valve at the native valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90385
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15213791', '13412814', '15872501', '14161921', '14237258']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8279075006731206
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5269199714735073
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7978087477531592
- Mean Citation Score: 348.116336
- Max Citation Score: 411.18506
- Similarity Product: 344.5797218981195

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

Dataset: test