PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149636
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["606", "108000"]

Abstract:
A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.

Claim (Index 13):
The sheath of  claim 12 , wherein the at least two reinforcing members include a first, second and third reinforcing member each extending longitudinally along a length of the sheath, the first, second and third reinforcing members oriented generally parallel to each other and extending in a direction generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the sheath,\n wherein the folded portion, second folded portion and third folded portion each at least partially unfold during expansion of the inner member, wherein the at least partially unfolded portions of the folded portion, second folded portion and the third folded portion are at least partially radially aligned with a corresponding portion of the second circumferential distance between the first, second and third reinforcing members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56863
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16149671', '16149650', '16149697', '16149947', '14880111']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8290062398205251
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5731128859171651
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8034169044301892
- Mean Citation Score: 448.606242
- Max Citation Score: 508.78537
- Similarity Product: 443.1687930817956

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

Dataset: test