PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767457
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "219000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a tissue retractor. The retractor includes first and a second tissue-support assemblies that are moveably coupled together. Each of the first and second tissue-support assemblies includes a flexible sheet extending between two horizontal members, each sheet comprising a face configured to contact tissue. The tissue support assemblies are configured such that, in use, the first and second sheets exert substantially all of the force against the tissue that is to be retracted.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of retracting tissue at an incision site, the method comprising:\n inserting the second and fourth longitudinal members of a tissue retractor of  claim 1  through an opening in a portion of skin of a body;\n wherein the skin has an internal side and an external side; \n wherein inserting the second and fourth longitudinal members comprises positioning the tissue retractor such that the second and fourth longitudinal members are disposed proximate the internal side of the skin and the first and third longitudinal members are disposed proximate the external side of the skin; and \n applying a force to urge the first sheet away from the second sheet or to urge the second sheet away from the first sheet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69388
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11677975', '13447931', '12241897', '13059479', '13237710']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4809528178661526
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4732281276937597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4801803488489133
- Mean Citation Score: 194.807434
- Max Citation Score: 201.0193
- Similarity Product: 147.96076095113753

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

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