PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933036
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
A surgical sheath for use in endoscopic trans-nasal or intra-ocular surgery has an angle section joined to a conical section, with the conical section having a central axis not parallel to a central axis of the angle section. A body section is joined to the angle section, with the body section having a length at least twice the length of the angle section. The conical section, the angle section and the body section may be a flexible or compliant material. The sheath reduces collateral trauma to the tissues in the surgical pathway.

Claim (Index 1):
A surgical sheath having a first end and a second end, the surgical sheath comprising:\n an angle section joined to a flare section and to a body section; the flare section tapering inwardly from the first end of the surgical sheath to a second side of the angle section; the angle section having a second side opposite from a fourth side, and a third side intersecting and terminating at the second side, wherein none of the sides of the angle section are parallel; the body section tapering outwardly from the fourth side of the angle section to the second end of the surgical sheath, the third side not parallel to the body section and the third side forming an apex with a top surface of the body section; and with the body section having a first length and the flare section having a second length, and with the first length greater than the second length, and with the flare section, the angle section and the body section comprising a flexible material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10638
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15340718', '13798990', '14630463', '13270459', '11998543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5498625433553858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4886068341420341
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5437369724340506
- Mean Citation Score: 214.785966
- Max Citation Score: 288.49667
- Similarity Product: 247.72058005728843

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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