PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002346
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "204000"]

Abstract:
Various devices are provided for allowing multiple surgical instruments to be inserted through a single surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of manipulation within a patient's body while maintaining insufflation. Safety shields and release mechanisms are also provided for use with various surgical access devices.

Claim (Index 21):
A surgical method, comprising:\n positioning a retractor in tissue to form a pathway through the tissue; moving in a proximal direction a select one of a plurality of sealing elements in a substantially rigid housing relative to the housing, the retractor, and each of the other sealing elements, wherein the retractor extends distally from the housing, and each of the sealing elements is configured to receive a surgical instrument therein and form a seal around the surgical instrument; and moving in a distal direction the one of the plurality of sealing elements relative to the housing, the retractor, and each of the other sealing elements.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.28571
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15408544', '12242721', '12242765', '12242726', '14819716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6048460767389487
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5650127078427035
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6008627398493243
- Mean Citation Score: 456.42296
- Max Citation Score: 471.6382
- Similarity Product: 442.8378858622908

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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