PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887170
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "167030"]

Abstract:
A splittable sheath includes a splittable sheath body, a splittable sheath hub, and a valve element. The sheath body comprises a generally flexible tubular structure, a proximal end, and a distal end. The sheath body defines a longitudinal axis and is splittable into two halves along a pre-determined line generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. The sheath hub extends from the proximal end of the sheath body and defines a longitudinal axis generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the sheath body. The sheath body and sheath hub form an inner cavity along their respective longitudinal axes. The valve element includes a resilient plate and a sealing element. The resilient plate includes a distal portion extending radially inwardly from a side of the inner cavity. The sealing element includes a sealing surface and is supported by the resilient plate such that the sealing element is biased toward a position against a second sealing surface on at least one of the splittable sheath body and hub to substantially seal the inner cavity.

Claim (Index 4):
The medical article of  claim 2 , wherein the hole passing through the resilient plate is offset relative to a longitudinal axis, about which the access opening is positioned, when the sealing element is in the closed position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61429
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14207120', '13319998', '15232144', '12106196', '13185358']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8664025189813419
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5349801085985704
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8332602779430648
- Mean Citation Score: 375.95369
- Max Citation Score: 413.1462
- Similarity Product: 276.97208940267564

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