PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16299292
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["433", "075000"]

Abstract:
Provided herein are surgical guides with internal channels for irrigation cooling. In one embodiment, an apparatus for guiding a surgical instrument includes a proximal side and a distal side. A first channel is configured to guide a material removal device, where the first channel extends from the proximal side of the apparatus to the distal side of the apparatus. A second channel configured to direct irrigation fluid, where the second channel extends from the proximal side of the of the apparatus to the distal side of the apparatus. The first channel is separate from the second channel. A method of performing a surgical procedure and a method of manufacturing a surgical guide are also disclosed. In certain embodiments, the surgical guides may be manufactured via additive manufacturing processes, including for example, three-dimensional printing processes.

Claim (Index 6):
The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the plurality of channels are configured to direct irrigation fluid to a surgical site during use.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.29688
- Patent Class: 433.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14832126', '15282613', '14561040', '14128806', '12818737']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6850725649190268
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4961602459066019
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6661813330177843
- Mean Citation Score: 201.47376
- Max Citation Score: 227.98631
- Similarity Product: 146.9414748462391

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

Dataset: test