PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16004085
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["604", "506000"]

Abstract:
Described herein is an apparatus to insert an implantable therapeutic device into a patient. The apparatus includes a proximal handle and a distal placement portion coupled to the proximal handle and configured to hold the implantable therapeutic device. The distal placement portion includes a first side having a first engagement structure at a distal end of the first side, the first engagement structure configured to surround at least a first portion of a proximal end region of the implantable therapeutic device. The distal placement portion includes a second, opposite side having a second engagement structure at a distal end of the second side, the second engagement structure configured to surround at least a second, opposite portion of the proximal end region of the implantable therapeutic device.

Claim (Index 23):
The apparatus of  claim 22 , wherein the at least one guide surface is configured to support and maintain alignment of a needle extending at an angle oblique to a longitudinal axis of the implantable device prior to penetration of the implantable device by the needle, wherein the longitudinal axis of the implantable device and the longitudinal axis of the apparatus are coaxially aligned.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.35
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14376331', '15877146', '15840965', '14713505', '13889328']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7954168764340263
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5655732763386164
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7724325164244853
- Mean Citation Score: 315.671234
- Max Citation Score: 467.95978
- Similarity Product: 370.1357447379887

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

Dataset: test