PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["606", "143000"]

Abstract:
A mechanical system for bilaterally securing skin tissue preferably utilizes a tissue manipulator apparatus to approximate a portion of an interior surface of each of two pieces of living dermis tissue along a vertical interface below an exterior surface without overlapping either interior surface across the vertical interface. An applicator apparatus includes a driving head portion positioned in the vertical interface and at least partially below the exterior surface and a handle portion positioned at least partially above the exterior surface. The applicator apparatus bilaterally drives at least one portion of the fastener through each piece of the living dermis tissue behind the interior surface of that piece of tissue such that the fastener is positioned below the exterior surface and a portion of the fastener is positioned generally transverse to the vertical interface. The applicator can include guide features to direct tissue with respect to the driving head portion.

Claim (Index 5):
The subcuticular skin stapler of  claim 4 , wherein the lower deflector shelf further includes a distal lower end having a distal lower end width, wherein said distal lower end width is equal to the upper member width.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26471
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13796798', '15145194', '10607497', '10448838', '11003145']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8895501266636708
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6049573423190273
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8610908482292065
- Mean Citation Score: 480.011034
- Max Citation Score: 553.80896
- Similarity Product: 283.8023612179184

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

Dataset: test