PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16371214
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["029", "446000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus ( 40 ) for compressing a transcatheter cardiac stent-valve ( 10 ) comprises: a first compressor stage ( 100 ) including a hollow channel ( 42 ) with a tapered interior surface configured for compressing a stent-valve in response to longitudinal advancement of the stent-valve within the channel; and a second compressor stage ( 102 ) comprising a crimper for compressing a portion of the stent-valve without longitudinal advancement.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus configured to compress a cardiac stent-valve for loading into a delivery catheter, the apparatus comprising:\n a first compressor stage for compressing the stent-valve, wherein the first compressor stage comprises a hollow channel, and the first compressor stage is configured for progressively compressing the stent-valve in response to, or in association with, longitudinal advancement of an advancing member against the stent-valve within the hollow channel; and a second compressor stage coupled or couplable to the first compressor stage and configured to further compress a portion of the stent-valve after passing through the first compressor stage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69767
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15022525', '14115561', '15033096', '14432089', '13825219']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.857224872902811
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5053965204947082
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8220420376620008
- Mean Citation Score: 207.08386200000004
- Max Citation Score: 308.28928
- Similarity Product: 304.70032961303707

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test