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 13):
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 at least one fenestration such that the cuff lumen is in fluid communication with the main body lumen, and \n where the cuff support structure has at least one barb having a barb tip, the barb tip being at a first distance to a facing part of the cuff support structure when the cuff support structure has a first cuff diameter, and being at a second distance to said facing part of the cuff support structure when the cuff support structure has a second cuff diameter, \n said second cuff diameter being greater than the first cuff diameter, and \n said second distance being less than the first distance.

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): 0.7975270453510348
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5024807688202814
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7680224176979595
- Mean Citation Score: 310.401922
- Max Citation Score: 328.19315
- Similarity Product: 236.234855881688

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