PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15991502
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "226000"]

Abstract:
A retraction system and method are provided for retracting tissues surrounding a surgical site. In one aspect, a method including engaging slide connections between a guide dilator and a plurality of tissue engaging members and sequentially enlarging an incision using the guide dilator and the plurality of tissue engaging members. In another aspect, a method of inserting a plurality of tissue engaging members into an incision including fixing tip portions of the plurality of tissue engaging members in an insertion configuration, advancing the tip portions into an incision, and restricting movement of the tip portions away from the insertion configuration. A guide dilator system comprising an elongate body, a plurality of tissue engaging members, and slide connections between the elongate body and the tissue engaging members is also provided.

Claim (Index 3):
The retractor of  claim 1  wherein the wherein the clutch includes cam surfaces of the tool-receiving member and the drive member configured to shift the drive member and the tool-receiving member apart with turning of the tool-receiving member in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52727
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15382192', '14832592', '14250063', '13415673', '13734317']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5557788475934267
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.614259062984663
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5616268691325503
- Mean Citation Score: 453.220806
- Max Citation Score: 614.4848
- Similarity Product: 495.3648456085205

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