PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769313
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["424", "448000"]

Abstract:
An improved fibrinogen-based tissue sealing patch having a degradation time of less than two weeks is disclosed. The patch comprises a polyethylene glycol-caprolactone-lactide (PEG-CL-LA) triblock copolymer film into which a fibrinogen-based sealant comprising less than 8 mg/cm 2  fibrinogen and less than 10 IU/cm 2  thrombin has been incorporated. In preferred embodiments, the polymer film comprises PEG having a molecular weight of between 3000 and 3500 and a CL:LA:PEG ratio of 34:2:1. Methods of production and use of the patch are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 20):
The use of a tissue adhesive patch according to  claim 1  in the treatment of a leak of fluid into or out of a body part, wherein said treatment comprises applying said adhesive patch to said body part, thereby causing said tissue adhesive patch to adhere to said body part, thereby sealing said body part.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.44615
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14131012', '10702434', '13520632', '13644889', '13748678']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7554569863631557
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5155906779279805
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7314703555196382
- Mean Citation Score: 244.566802
- Max Citation Score: 285.27332
- Similarity Product: 186.60285604254008

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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