PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921459
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "001160"]

Abstract:
A plaque tack can be used for holding plaque against blood vessel walls such as in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease. The plaque tack can be formed as a thin, annular band for holding loose plaque under a spring or other expansion force against a blood vessel wall. Focal elevating elements and/or other features, such as anchors, can be used to exert a holding force on a plaque position while minimizing the amount of material surface area in contact with the plaque or blood vessel wall and reducing the potential of friction with the endoluminal surface. This approach offers clinicians the ability to perform a minimally invasive post-angioplasty treatment and produce a stent-like result without using a stent.

Claim (Index 23):
A self-expanding intravascular implant comprising:\n a single proximal undulating ring having a dual amplitude and defining a proximal end of the self-expanding intravascular implant; a single distal undulating ring having a dual amplitude and defining a distal end of the self-expanding intravascular implant; and a plurality of bridge members directly connecting the single proximal undulating ring and the single distal undulating ring thereby forming a single column of cells; wherein the self-expanding intravascular implant is radially self-expandable through a range of diameters of at least about 2 mm and has a change in radial expansion force no more than about 3 Newtons (N) through the range of diameters.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63158
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15170772', '15921448', '14089703', '15837870', '13153257']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8468948651298658
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6206237752195845
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8242677561388376
- Mean Citation Score: 533.9812099999998
- Max Citation Score: 612.3466
- Similarity Product: 572.212518254864

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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