PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15758531
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "424000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for inserting and using dermal interstitial sensors in, for example, an analyte monitoring system. The present invention permits the proper positioning of a cannula tip and/or sensor(s) within the reticular dermis.

Claim (Index 7):
A method of delivering a sensor to the skin of a subject, the method comprising:\n administering an imaging agent to a subject, wherein the imaging agent collects in the target area of the subject's skin, wherein the target area is the reticular dermis of the skin of the subject, further wherein the imaging agent is a fluorescent agent; providing a device for guiding the implanting of an applicator and/or sensor within the skin of the subject, the device comprising: a housing comprising: at least one insertion port contiguous with an insertion channel that is formed at a predetermined angle within said housing, said channel having an opening that is adapted to rest against the skin; an ultraviolet illuminator for illumination a fluorescent material that is previously positioned within the reticular dermis of the subject that is located underneath said housing; a camera comprising a focus adjustment, said camera capturing an image of the skin, including the reticular dermis, located beneath said housing; and a display, associated with said housing, that permits a user to view said image when passing an applicator and/or sensor through said channel such that a tip of said applicator and/or sensor is positioned within the reticular dermis for delivering the sampler therein. applying the imaging device to the skin of the subject; illuminating the skin with the illuminator, thereby causing the imaging agent to fluoresce; using the display to adjust the focus of the confocal microscope into the plane of the fluorescence; inserting an applicator and/or sensor through the at least one insertion port into the sample area of the subject, wherein the user uses a display to follow the insertion of the applicator and/or sensor, wherein when the tip of the applicator and/or sensor is in the plane of the focus, the applicator and/or sensor is in the target area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.27027
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15471867', '14108964', '15621602', '15545039', '11589908']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4924267268488407
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4765075674780283
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4908348109117594
- Mean Citation Score: 134.764946
- Max Citation Score: 137.67456
- Similarity Product: 103.90862047353744

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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