PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15905415
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["600", "037000"]

Abstract:
Veins and other blood vessels may be reshaped by introducing an implant through the vessel walls with anchors positioned on opposite sides of the wall. The anchors typically include an elongate body having coils or other anchors formed therein. The implants may be delivered percutaneously using a cannula which can hold the anchor externally or internally. The methods and devices are useful in treating a dorsal vein to reduce blood flow in patients suffering from erectile dysfunction.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for inhibiting blood flow through a vein, said method comprising\n penetrating an implant consisting of an elongate member having a distal end pre-shaped into a distal anchor and a proximal end pre-shaped into a proximal anchor inwardly through a proximal location in a wall of the vein and outwardly through a distal location in the wall of the vein, wherein the implant is constrained in a straightened configuration while being penetrated; releasing the distal anchor of the implant from constraint to deploy the distal anchor on an exterior surface of the wall adjacent to the distal location; releasing the proximal end of the implant from constraint to deploy the proximal anchor on the exterior surface of the wall adjacent to the proximal location; wherein the deployed anchors of the implant reshape a lumen of the vein between the first and second location to inhibit blood flow.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.28571
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13771133', '11407858', '14660433', '14304869', '15370483']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4993738274415311
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4800002113627615
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4974364658336542
- Mean Citation Score: 226.232036
- Max Citation Score: 231.92075
- Similarity Product: 173.93254483872653

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