PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956642
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "001140"]

Abstract:
A fenestrated aortic cuff is configured to be delivered endovascularly to a target region, deployed, fastened, and sealed to a vessel wall, e.g., in a neck region of an aortic aneurysm. Example fenestrated cuffs provide a suitable landing zone for a commercially available endograft, which may be, in some cases, positioned below or above the renal arteries in order to complete exclusion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), respectively, from systematic circulation. In some cases, fenestrated cuff function is facilitated and improved by employing active fixation and sealing mechanisms, including, e.g., helical fasteners, which may allow deployment of the fenestrated cuff in short neck regions with limited sealing area.

Claim (Index 10):
A method comprising:\n delivering a fenestrated cuff in the aorta adjacent an aneurysm with an endovascular delivery device, the fenestrated cuff comprising:\n a cylindrical graft comprising a fenestration and a scallop; and \n at least one stent ring configured to expand into engagement with an inner wall of the aorta; \n at least partially deploying the fenestrated cuff in the aorta; aligning the fenestration with the distal renal artery or the celiac trunk, the scallop:\n when the fenestration is aligned with the distal renal artery, being aligned with the superior renal artery; and \n when the fenestration is aligned with the celiac trunk, being aligned with the superior mesenteric artery; \n deploying one or more fasteners through the fenestrated cuff and into tissue using an endovascular fastener applicator; and releasing the cuff from the endovascular delivery device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69136
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14879606', '12765516', '14701382', '11337303', '13875209']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.776340834329535
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5739198047228855
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7560987313688701
- Mean Citation Score: 324.305624
- Max Citation Score: 542.6678
- Similarity Product: 430.3553838891388

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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