PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16235469
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["604", "027000"]

Abstract:
A system and method to irrigate a user's auditory canal. A fluid can be dispensed from a reservoir through a fluid path and out through openings of a delivery element into the auditory canal. A pump may be used to facilitate the process of dispensing the fluid. The fluid can be delivered to the user's auditory canal for a predetermined period of time. Such a time period may be user selectable. The discharge from the irrigation is removed from the user's auditory canal via a discharge port located on the delivery element. The discharge exits the delivery element and proceeds to a discharge reservoir via a discharge path. A vacuum may be used to generate a negative pressure to facilitate the removal of the discharge from the auditory canal.

Claim (Index 15):
A kit, comprising:\n a delivery element including:\n a body insertable into an ear canal of a subject and defining:\n a first port having at least one opening configured to deliver a first volume of fluid into the ear canal; \n a second port configured to receive a second volume of fluid from the ear canal, the second volume of fluid including a portion of the first volume of fluid and one or more particles of debris dislodged by the first volume of fluid, \n the at least one opening of the first port disposed distal to a distal end of the second port such that, when the body is inserted into the ear canal, the first port extends a greater depth into the ear canal than the second port; and \n \n a coupling element configured to detachably couple the delivery element to an irrigation device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12970347', '14099059', '12272142', '14593217', '13913595']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7819007344511326
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4762002710654719
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7513306881125666
- Mean Citation Score: 202.22194
- Max Citation Score: 203.94278
- Similarity Product: 148.21386271148444

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