PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878326
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "033000"]

Abstract:
An intrauterine device includes an articulating array. The intrauterine device can be operated by articulating the articulating array into an installed position or geometry within the uterus of a patient. Further, the articulating array can be constructed to include an insertion geometry have a smaller cross section than an installation geometry. The articulating array can also be constructed to be housed within a sheath in the intrauterine device. Once the sheath has been inserted into a patient, for example through the patient's cervix, the articulating array can be deployed in its insertion geometry and then articulated into an installed position. The articulating array can include a plurality of expansion chambers. The expansion chambers can be constructed and arranged to take on the installed geometry when expanded. In one embodiment, the purpose of the articulating array is to position a conductive array within the patient's uterus enabling ablation of the uterine lining.

Claim (Index 2):
The intrauterine ablation device of  claim 1 , the at least three serially disposed expansion chambers of the articulating array including at least first, second and third expansion chambers, wherein the second expansion chamber is disposed between the first and third expansion chambers, so that a proximal portion of the second expansion chamber is disposed adjacent to a distal portion of the first expansion chamber, and a distal portion of the second expansion chamber is disposed adjacent to a proximal portion of the third expansion chamber, wherein when the articulating array is positioned within a uterus via the sheath, and transitioned from the insertion geometry to the installed geometry, the respective first, second and third expansion chambers place the conductive array into contact with uterine wall tissue.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.29167
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13800352', '14428448', '14805953', '13758188', '15636514']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7738792457481543
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5560704085228538
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7520983620256243
- Mean Citation Score: 249.954214
- Max Citation Score: 468.8516
- Similarity Product: 417.25416341991433

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

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