PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "202000"]

Abstract:
A dilation system for accessing a surgical target site to perform surgical procedures. In one version, the dilation system includes a wedge assembly and an actuating mechanism. The wedge assembly comprises includes a base and a plurality of blades extending from the base so that the distal end of the blades extend away from the base. The mechanism is operably associated with the blades so as to cause the distal end of the blades to move from a closed condition to an expanded condition.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 10 , wherein the wedge assembly comprises at least two blades, and wherein the step of expanding the wedge assembly further comprises the step of moving the distal ends of the blades in a radially outward direction relative to one another so that the blades are in a substantially parallel relationship relative to one another.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14046685', '14355707', '14147345', '14290582', '12681671']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5669137539952751
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5467015639207602
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5648925349878237
- Mean Citation Score: 365.808154
- Max Citation Score: 453.0668
- Similarity Product: 316.20682254827017

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

Dataset: test