PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16273119
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "528000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are bend-limited catheters (e.g., apparatuses, including devices and systems) and methods of using them.

Claim (Index 17):
A non-uniformly bend-limited catheter device having an elongate length extending in a long axis, the device comprising:\n a tubular body formed of a rigid material having a cut-out kerf forming a pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth extending around the tubular body, wherein the interlocking and alternating teeth each comprise a head region that is wider than a base region, arranged so that the head regions alternate with base regions radially around the tubular body; wherein the pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth and the cut-out kerf are configured so that the tubular body expands in the long axis from a compressed length to a maximally expanded length by between about 0.005 inches per every 0.1 inch of the length of the pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth and 0.085 inches per every 0.1 inch of the length of the pattern of interlocking and alternating teeth, so that the tubular body bends freely out of the long axis up to a locking radius, beyond which the tubular body does not allow further bending; further wherein each tooth of the interlocking and alternating teeth form a tooth angle between a line extending through a width of the head region and a line extending between the head region and the base region, wherein the tooth angles of the interlocking and alternating teeth vary radially around the perimeter of the tubular body, so that the locking radius varies around the perimeter of the tubular body; and a sealing material extending across the cut-out kerf.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.10526
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15515806', '10961244', '12543941', '13615339', '10961667']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7498457114654056
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4761113247071347
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7224722727895785
- Mean Citation Score: 187.94867
- Max Citation Score: 204.19804
- Similarity Product: 159.72499270688056

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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