PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16167761
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "144000"]

Abstract:
The suture passer includes a body from which two mechanisms protrude: a hollow needle through which a suture is guided, the suture exiting at the surgical site; and a sliding hollowing tube with a distal opening, exposing a resilient member. When gripping of a suture is required, the resilient member is intentionally over-extended, causing the resilient member to bow and protrude from the distal opening. A suture is then passed into the resulting gap between the sliding hollowing tube and resilient member, the resilient member then allowed to retract back into place, thereby clamping the suture.

Claim (Index 16):
The device of  claim 14 , further comprising:\n a hollow needle, with an entrance and an exit, connected to the handle;\n the exit of the hollow needle near the distal opening of the hollow member when the hollow member is fully extended.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87719
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09811953', '11523722', '15092579', '13809562', '10119389']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7888351575322935
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4822329817447108
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7581749399535352
- Mean Citation Score: 247.933856
- Max Citation Score: 249.90567
- Similarity Product: 168.452172360937

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

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