PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16273126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "528000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are methods of using bend-limited catheters that are freely bendable at angles greater than the locking bend angle, e.g., when the bend radius is less than the locking bend radius. The device will limit or prevent bending beyond the locking bend angle.

Claim (Index 26):
The method of  claim 15 , further comprising anchoring the distal end of the catheter near the target region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41176
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15515806', '10819358', '15065938', '12543941', '12689748']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7802090493525428
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4860397480279359
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.750792119220082
- Mean Citation Score: 203.364456
- Max Citation Score: 212.3154
- Similarity Product: 144.47285336419344

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