PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15978976
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "129000"]

Abstract:
A variety of tools and techniques are provided to support removal of ligamentum flavum in a spinal canal and other, similar tissue removal procedures.

Claim (Index 18):
The device of  claim 1  further comprising at least one of a magnet coupled to the device near the distal end, a control wire coupled between the proximal end and the distal end to control a position of the distal end relative to the proximal end, and one or more balloons coupled to an exterior of the first tube and inflatable to move the first tube within a surgical cavity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.13043
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14501865', '14501932', '13588969', '14550436', '14234014']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4964351185639872
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4698327845564676
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4937748851632353
- Mean Citation Score: 183.371742
- Max Citation Score: 188.71501
- Similarity Product: 137.1498963856423

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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