PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002346
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "204000"]

Abstract:
Various devices are provided for allowing multiple surgical instruments to be inserted through a single surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of manipulation within a patient's body while maintaining insufflation. Safety shields and release mechanisms are also provided for use with various surgical access devices.

Claim (Index 27):
A surgical method, comprising:\n positioning a cannula in a body of a patient, the cannula extending distally from a housing with a single port therein; advancing a surgical instrument through the single port of the housing and then into a passageway extending through the cannula, the housing including a sealing element that forms a seal around the surgical instrument; and rotating an annular disc having the sealing element seated therein such that the annular disc, the sealing element, and the surgical instrument rotate relative to the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.28571
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15408544', '12242721', '12242765', '12242726', '14819716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6088849916914423
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5557733154118293
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.603573824063481
- Mean Citation Score: 456.42296
- Max Citation Score: 471.6382
- Similarity Product: 385.7592098857164

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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