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 25):
A method of treating a tendon, comprising:\n selecting a tendon; imaging the tendon to identify a region of said tendon that contains tendinopathic tissue; selecting a surgical device having proximal and distal ends, comprising a first lumen and a second lumen;\n the first lumen including a nozzle formed in a side wall proximate the distal end of the surgical device and configured to enable a jet of fluid to exit the nozzle; and \n the second lumen including an aperture formed in a side wall proximate the distal end of the surgical device, disposed adjacent to the nozzle of the first lumen, and configured to receive the jet of fluid exiting the nozzle; \n inserting the distal end of the surgical device proximate or within the tendinopathic tissue; powering the surgical device to create a jet of fluid and suction force at the distal end of the surgical device; cutting and suctioning at least a portion of said tendinopathic tissue; and evacuating at least a portion of said tendinopathic tissue through the aperture and an inner bore of the second lumen of the surgical device.

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): 0.7794690090352424
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5522104169949227
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7567431498312105
- Mean Citation Score: 287.75883
- Max Citation Score: 453.58746
- Similarity Product: 314.88102717127566

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

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