PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933964
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["604", "174000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that receives a medical instrument (such as a catheter or the like) and secures the instrument in place relative to a skin penetration point. In some circumstances, the anchor device may allow the anchor device to be used after medical instrument is already in place without the need for a second penetration point for the anchor device.

Claim (Index 1):
An anchor system for securing a medical instrument, comprising:\n a retainer body to couple to a catheter;\n a plurality of flexible anchors releasably coupled to the retainer body, each anchor comprising a flexible tine that is deployable in a subcutaneous region to secure the retainer body relative to a penetration point; and \n an actuator that, when activated, moves the anchors from a non-deployed position to a deployed position in which the anchors flexible anchors extend distally from the retainer body and into the subcutaneous region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6087
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12174306', '13228079', '14711053', '13738005', '14070143']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8202973905993017
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4904448426000306
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7873121357993746
- Mean Citation Score: 260.50131600000003
- Max Citation Score: 260.5015
- Similarity Product: 257.01380293929583

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