PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16143289
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["604", "006010"]

Abstract:
An improved intravascular blood pump and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump with guiding features such that the intravascular blood pump can be selectively positioned at a predetermined location within the circulatory system of a patient.

Claim (Index 2):
A method for perfusing a patient with an intravascular blood pump system, the intravascular blood pump system comprising:\n an intravascular blood pump comprising a rotor having a rotor hub tapering in a distal direction, at least one blade extending outward from the rotor hub, the rotor hub having a distal end extending distally beyond a most distal portion of the at least one blade and a shroud within which the rotor is rotatably disposed; a cannula extending from the shroud and comprising an outer cannula surface, the outer cannula surface having a substantially circular cross-section along a portion of its length; a guide mechanism comprising a lumen having a proximal end and a distal end, the guide mechanism adapted to guide a distal portion of said intravascular blood pump system to a predetermined location within a circulatory system of the patient, wherein an axis coaxial with and extending through a portion of said guide mechanism extends through a region delimited by the outer cannula surface, and wherein the guide mechanism is configured to allow for a guide wire to slideably advance therealong, the method comprising the steps of:\n progressing the guide wire to a predetermined location in the circulatory system of the patient; and \n advancing the intravascular blood pump system along the guide wire to the predetermined location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 83.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.33333
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16138788', '14966669', '15239574', '15239772', '15239697']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7357051637630159
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6541635867257107
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7275510060592855
- Mean Citation Score: 639.916294
- Max Citation Score: 649.4709
- Similarity Product: 618.4951719303309

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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