PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "202000"]

Abstract:
A dilation system for accessing a surgical target site to perform surgical procedures. In one version, the dilation system includes a wedge assembly and an actuating mechanism. The wedge assembly comprises includes a base and a plurality of blades extending from the base so that the distal end of the blades extend away from the base. The mechanism is operably associated with the blades so as to cause the distal end of the blades to move from a closed condition to an expanded condition.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of forming an access opening through a psoas muscle to a patient's spine, comprising the steps of:\n laterally inserting a stimulating probe into the psoas muscle; transmitting an electrical pulse via an EMG into the stimulating probe in order to locate a safe zone in the psoas muscle; laterally inserting the stimulating probe through the psoas muscle such that a probe tip is proximate the patient's spine; inserting a wedge assembly through the psoas muscle and toward the patient's spine guided by sliding engagement of the stimulating probe; and expanding the wedge assembly from a closed condition to an expanded condition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14046685', '14355707', '14147345', '14290582', '12681671']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.531057150803913
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5578103877437298
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5337324744978947
- Mean Citation Score: 365.808154
- Max Citation Score: 453.0668
- Similarity Product: 413.43124320902825

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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