PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16167761
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "144000"]

Abstract:
The suture passer includes a body from which two mechanisms protrude: a hollow needle through which a suture is guided, the suture exiting at the surgical site; and a sliding hollowing tube with a distal opening, exposing a resilient member. When gripping of a suture is required, the resilient member is intentionally over-extended, causing the resilient member to bow and protrude from the distal opening. A suture is then passed into the resulting gap between the sliding hollowing tube and resilient member, the resilient member then allowed to retract back into place, thereby clamping the suture.

Claim (Index 1):
A device to grip a suture in an enclosed space comprising:\n a hollow member with a distal opening; a resilient member within the hollow member; a handle;\n the hollow member slidably connected to the handle; \n a split actuator formed from a proximal actuator and a distal actuator, the split actuator sliding with respect to the handle:\n the proximal actuator controlling motion of the hollow member; \n the distal actuator controlling motion of the resilient member; \n whereby a force against an end of the resilient member causes the resilient member to protrude through the distal opening, creating a gap in which the suture may be grasped; whereby motion of the proximal actuator with respect to a body extends and retracts the hollow member; and whereby motion of the distal actuator with respect to the proximal actuator causes the resilient member to protrude through the distal opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87719
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09811953', '11523722', '15092579', '13809562', '10119389']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7901151968686352
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4735334779300803
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7584570249747797
- Mean Citation Score: 247.933856
- Max Citation Score: 249.90567
- Similarity Product: 191.4339776583445

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

Dataset: test