PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149650
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "002110"]

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 11):
The method of  claim 10 , wherein expanding the inner and the outer members causes the folded portion and the second folded portion to at least partially unfold,\n wherein the at least partially unfolded portions of the folded portion and the second folded portion are at least partially radially aligned with the second circumferential distance between the two reinforcing members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56863
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16149636', '16149671', '16149697', '16149947', '14880111']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8258411680597086
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5695521695819807
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8002122682119358
- Mean Citation Score: 431.7902459999999
- Max Citation Score: 488.6291
- Similarity Product: 430.9635118981124

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

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