PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933036
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
A surgical sheath for use in endoscopic trans-nasal or intra-ocular surgery has an angle section joined to a conical section, with the conical section having a central axis not parallel to a central axis of the angle section. A body section is joined to the angle section, with the body section having a length at least twice the length of the angle section. The conical section, the angle section and the body section may be a flexible or compliant material. The sheath reduces collateral trauma to the tissues in the surgical pathway.

Claim (Index 13):
A surgical sheath having a first end and a second end, the surgical sheath comprising:\n a flare section joined to a first side of the angle section and a body section joined to a second side of the angle section, with the flare section, the angle section and the body section comprising a flexible material; the body section having a bottom surface and a top surface converging towards the bottom surface at an angle PP; the angle section having a top surface extending downward at an angle CC towards the bottom surface of the body section, so that the top surface of the angle section joins the top surface of the body section at an apex; with the body section having a first length and the flare section having a second length, and with the first length greater than the second length; the flare section tapering inwardly from the first end of the sheath to the angle section, and with a down-facing proximal opening of the sheath at the first end of the sheath.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10638
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15340718', '13798990', '14630463', '13270459', '11998543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5510623432899104
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4816039422842149
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5441165031893409
- Mean Citation Score: 214.785966
- Max Citation Score: 288.49667
- Similarity Product: 278.9241961899477

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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