PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874669
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "002410"]

Abstract:
A device includes an annular, elastic band having a rectangular cross section. A foil band is affixed to a surface of the elastic band. A contiguous fabric sheath is configured to encase the elastic band and foil band.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of promoting formation of aortic stenosis, the method comprising:\n positioning a plurality of segments within a tract, each segment having an elastic core and having a fabric sheath; and affixing sutures to the plurality of segments and to a wall of the tract, the segments arranged to form an annulus in the tract, and wherein the plurality of segments are configured to engage with an external surface of an aortic valve replacement device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55556
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14683055', '15420848', '15455265', '15288525', '15143079']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.736538264412991
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4409640238158925
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7069808403532812
- Mean Citation Score: 128.71653999999998
- Max Citation Score: 134.6176
- Similarity Product: 103.52944685363772

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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