PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149956
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "002110"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of an expandable sheath can be used in conjunction with a catheter assembly to introduce a prosthetic device, such as a heart valve, into a patient. Such embodiments can minimize trauma to the vessel by allowing for temporary expansion of a portion of the introducer sheath to accommodate the delivery apparatus, followed by a return to the original diameter once the prosthetic device passes through. Some embodiments can include a sheath with inner and outer layers, where a folded portion of the inner layer extends through a slit in the outer layer and a portion of the outer layer overlaps the folded portion of the inner layer. Some embodiments include an elastic outer cover positioned outside the outer layer. Embodiments of the present expandable sheath can avoid the need for multiple insertions for the dilation of the vessel, thus offering advantages over prior art introducer sheaths.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 19 , further comprising expanding the stent-mounted heart valve after it exits the elongate lumen.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01282
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16149953', '16149969', '15057953', '13312739', '16149960']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8542726520196967
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5739682457001738
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8262422113877445
- Mean Citation Score: 484.189012
- Max Citation Score: 498.92334000000005
- Similarity Product: 386.83264552273766

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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