PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15732955
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["604", "093010"]

Abstract:
A treatment of a medical difficulty associated with the formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel, commonly known as “thrombectomy.” Said treatment may be achieved by introducing and positioning through a single lumen a device capable of macerating, irrigating and aspirating as well as supporting structures proximal to the distal end of said device. Said device is introduced via a blood vessel, and deployed at a treatment site. The macerator is then operated to dislocate thrombus, clot, or other occlusive materials at the target site, the irrigating element is then operated to continue to dislocate thrombus, clot, or other occlusive materials at the target site, and the aspirating element is used to collect and remove the disruptive materials from the target site.

Claim (Index 3):
A medical device for ameliorating thrombi, comprising at least three channels including embedded lumens adapted for insertion into a blood vessel, comprising:\n (a) an inner channel,\n including, a proximal tip, a distal tip, and at least one macerating element capable of both expanding and collapsing; \n at least one distal irrigation element adapted to irrigate a blockage, and \n at least one proximal opening irrigation element communicating via a dedicated lumen, terminating at an irrigation source outside a patient's body; \n (b) an intermediate channel,\n including a distal aperture and a proximal end; \n wherein said at least one macerating element is affixed to said inner channel at at least one connection point, and attached to said intermediate channel at an attachment point; and \n including at least one distal aspiration opening adapted to aspirate debris, and at least one proximal aspiration opening communicating via at least one dedicated lumen, terminating at an aspiration control device outside said patient's body, (c) an outer sheath,\n including at least one distal hole adapted to aspirate debris via said at least one distal aspiration opening and at least one proximal opening hole communicating via at least one dedicated lumen, terminating at said aspiration control device, \n and at least one slit to allow said at least one maceration element to emerge from said inner channel through said intermediate channel and said outer sheath toward a wall of said blood vessel; \n wherein said outer sheath is disposed within said blood vessel, having said at least one distal opening hole adapted to aspirate debris and said at least one proximal hole communicating with said aspiration control device; \n wherein said intermediate channel slides along the exterior surface of said inner channel, \n wherein said inner channel and said intermediate channel are adapted to rotate together 360\u00b0, and \n wherein said inner channel and said intermediate channel incorporate an interlocking element adapted to prevent rotation of said inner channel relative to said intermediate channel, as well as to facilitate the longitudinal movement of said inner channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97183
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15731478', '15530898', '13172778', '15226223', '09820084']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7936135540502385
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5139407318295998
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7656462718281746
- Mean Citation Score: 278.22066400000006
- Max Citation Score: 320.75052
- Similarity Product: 243.2195197267771

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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