PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042259
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "215000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for reducing the retraction of the edges ( 4.1 ) of an opened fascia ( 4 ) of a patient ( 1 ) having an open soft tissue defect, in particular having an open abdominal wall ( 2 ) or an open soft tissue defect on the back, via which a tensile force (A, B) can be applied to the edges ( 4.1 ) of the fascia ( 4 ) by a force component (A1, B1) directed away from the body of the patient ( 1 ), such that the device ( 11 ) holds the edges ( 4.1 ) of the fascia ( 4 ) under tension and spaced apart from each other and that furthermore there is an open soft tissue defect, in particular an opened abdominal wall ( 2 ), or an open soft tissue defect on the back. The invention further relates to a kit for treating an open soft tissue defect, in particular of an opened abdominal wall ( 2 ) or of an open soft tissue defect on the back, having at least one sponge ( 9, 15, 28 ) for filling out an opening ( 7 ) of a soft tissue defect, in particular in the abdominal wall or of en open soft tissue defect on the back, and having such a device ( 11 ) for reducing the retraction of the edges ( 4.1 ) of an opened fascia ( 4 ).

Claim (Index 22):
The apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket comprises one or more rods.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.23171
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15302679', '13188549', '13158426', '10463976', '13103936']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.427431583331242
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5971704831375848
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4444054733118763
- Mean Citation Score: 245.34744
- Max Citation Score: 535.39026
- Similarity Product: 460.66829980082633

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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