PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977263
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "002400"]

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for performing a procedure on a heart valve in which a loop of material contacts at least a portion of the annulus or the leaflets of a valve. Anchors are distributed about the loop and configured for implantation into the annulus or the leaflets in a forward direction and resist extraction in a backwards direction. The anchors each have a pointy front end and a back end, and two panels of material with cylindrically curved outer surfaces. A slot runs in a front-to-back direction between the two panels of material. After the anchors are implanted into the annulus or the leaflets, the loop can be used to retain a replacement valve or to constrict the annulus.

Claim (Index 10):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of compressed springs configured to, respectively, implant the plurality of anchors into the annulus or the leaflets so that the tissue engaging member becomes affixed to the annulus or the leaflets.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91045
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14895711', '14364060', '15163453', '15352288', '15893122']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7802861220510376
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5681779534506435
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7590753051909983
- Mean Citation Score: 358.278054
- Max Citation Score: 468.52094000000005
- Similarity Product: 463.6994839960993

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

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