PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16356746
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "200000"]

Abstract:
A vascular plug comprises a superstructure expandable from a collapsed percutaneous insertion configuration to an expanded deployment or use configuration. The superstructure incorporates a channel or passageway and a catheter extends through the channel or passageway from a proximal side at least to a distal side of the superstructure. The central channel allows for over-the wire plug delivery and a working aperture for secondary vascular interventions under flow arrest prior to final plug release. The plug includes spring-loaded mechanical elements or clotting-enhancement structure for closing the channel or passageway upon a withdrawal or removal of the catheter from the superstructure.

Claim (Index 5):
A medical method comprising:\n providing a medical device having a superstructure; inserting, into a vascular system of a patient, said medical device with said superstructure in a collapsed configuration; thereafter expanding said superstructure from the collapsed configuration to an expanded deployment or use configuration inside a target blood vessel in the vascular system of the patient so that the expanded superstructure extends across the target blood vessel and engages an endothelial surface of such blood vessel; via a catheter extending through a channel or passageway in said superstructure, conducting a surgical intervention on a distal side of the expanded superstructure; upon a completion of said surgical intervention, removing said catheter from said channel or passageway; and closing said channel or passageway upon a withdrawal or removal of said catheter from said superstructure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16014201', '14449037', '15346503', '14517740', '11662849']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8033291424379219
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5153538838854478
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7745316165826744
- Mean Citation Score: 280.321766
- Max Citation Score: 377.00858
- Similarity Product: 307.3076313414549

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