PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873659
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "001130"]

Abstract:
The present embodiments describe an endograft having at least one fenestration, at least one cuff support structure, and at least one branch stent, and methods for deploying the same. In one example, the system comprises a branch stent within the cuff support structure, where upon expansion of the branch stent, the cuff support structure expands from a first state to a second state and has a radially inward bias towards the smaller first state. In another example, the system comprises a cuff support structure having at least one barb, where the barb is flush with the cuff support structure in a first state, and where upon expansion of the cuff support structure to a second state, the barb deflects radially inward. Both the radially inward bias of the cuff and radially inward deflection of the barb may facilitate an interference fit between the cuff and the branch stent.

Claim (Index 1):
An endograft for placement in a vessel of a patient, comprising:\n a tubular main body portion having a proximal end with a proximal opening, a distal end with a distal opening, and a lumen extending therebetween; at least one fenestration through a wall of the tubular main body portion that is in fluid communication with the main body lumen; at least one cuff comprising a cuff support structure and having a proximal cuff opening, a distal cuff opening, and a cuff lumen extending therebetween,\n where the proximal cuff opening is attached to the main body at the fenestration such that the cuff lumen is in fluid communication with the main body lumen, \n where in a first state, the cuff support structure has a first diameter, \n where in a second state, the cuff support structure has a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and has a radially inward bias towards the smaller first diameter, and \n wherein the cuff support structure has at least one barb, wherein the barb is flush with the cuff support structure in the first state, and the barb is positioned radially inwardly of the support structure in the second state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.7
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14982539', '12765516', '12770536', '11337303', '14035574']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7975346274295158
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5021469950314911
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7679958641897133
- Mean Citation Score: 310.401922
- Max Citation Score: 328.19315
- Similarity Product: 239.4600744888723

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