PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897869
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["604", "019000"]

Abstract:
A controllable stiffness catheter comprises a shaft comprising an inner sheath defining an access lumen, an outer sheath surrounding the inner sheath and defining an annulus therebetween, the annulus having a vacuum connection at which a vacuum is applied to the annulus, and a mechanical stiffener disposed at least at a portion of the annulus and free to move relatively in the annulus with respect to at least one of the inner sheath and the outer sheath.

Claim (Index 25):
A controllable stiffness catheter, comprising:\n a shaft comprising:\n an inner sheath defining an access lumen; \n an outer sheath comprising a smooth inner surface, the outer sheath surrounding the inner sheath and defining an annulus therebetween, the annulus having a vacuum connection at which a vacuum is applied to the annulus; and \n a mechanical stiffener disposed at least at a portion of the annulus and separated from at least one of the inner and the outer sheath.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88372
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15891150', '12822219', '11395903', '15054983', '13919080']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8251530207938094
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6123051372721038
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8038682324416387
- Mean Citation Score: 430.354288
- Max Citation Score: 540.3499
- Similarity Product: 503.1245644544722

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

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