PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16056594
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "037000"]

Abstract:
A method of performing bariatric surgery includes inserting a gastrectomy device into a stomach of a patient, positioning the gastrectomy device in a selected location in the stomach, transecting a portion of the stomach thereby reducing a size of the stomach, and applying a reinforcement scaffold to an outer surface of the stomach. The reinforcement scaffold is configured to maintain the reduced size of the stomach.

Claim (Index 15):
A system for use in a bariatric surgical procedure, comprising:\n a sleeve gastrectomy device; a first reinforcement scaffold sized and shaped to enshroud a first semi-circumferential portion of a stomach; and a second reinforcement scaffold sized and shaped to enshroud a second semi-circumferential portion of the stomach, such that the first and second reinforcement scaffolds are configured to together cover a circumference of the stomach.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82051
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15066684', '14521571', '14846764', '15798338', '14492712']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4786545016623634
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5325514889918945
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4840442003953166
- Mean Citation Score: 235.13963200000003
- Max Citation Score: 368.5604
- Similarity Product: 317.81322781937126

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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