PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042879
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["623", "008000"]

Abstract:
Absorbable implants for breast surgery that conform to the breast parenchyma and surrounding chest wall have been developed. These implants support newly lifted breast parenchyma, and/or a breast implant. The implants have mechanical properties sufficient to support a reconstructed breast, and allow the in-growth of tissue into the implant as it degrades. The implants have a strength retention profile allowing the support of the breast to be transitioned from the implant to regenerated host tissue, without significant loss of support. Three-dimensional implants for use in minimally invasive mastopexy/breast reconstruction procedures are also described, that confer shape to a patient's breast. These implants are self-reinforced, can be temporarily deformed, implanted in a suitably dissected tissue plane, and resume their preformed three-dimensional shape. The implants are preferably made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) and copolymers thereof. The implants have suture pullout strengths that can resist the mechanical loads exerted on the reconstructed breast.

Claim (Index 6):
The implant of  claim 1 , wherein the implant can be temporarily deformed to allow for implantation through an incision that is shorter than the width of the implant, and resume its original conformation after implantation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7957
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14329760', '15489291', '15489330', '14813454', '14694681']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8667108226184558
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5890545438285677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8389451947394669
- Mean Citation Score: 538.759048
- Max Citation Score: 543.9588
- Similarity Product: 500.398107785082

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