PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868357
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["424", "078040"]

Abstract:
The present invention comprises buffered compositions and methods for antiseptically treating or pretreating anatomic surfaces for invasive surgical or treatment procedures. The compositions and methods according to the present invention find use in treating skin, gums and ocular surfaces for injections and other procedures. The buffered compositions of the present invention comprise antiseptic agents, optionally within an aqueous gel or semi-gel formulation, to provide enhanced methods of treating anatomic surfaces such as the gums or eye prior to surgical or other invasive procedures. Buffered compositions provide additional benefits to standard non-buffered preparations including decreased toxicity to the anatomic surfaces, which improves post-procedural discomfort and vision in the case of ocular surfaces.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for antisepsis treatment and anesthesia of an ocular surface selected from the group consisting of corneas, conjunctiva, eyelids and eyelashes said method comprising:\n a) providing a sterile buffered surface preparation of  claim 1 , comprising 1.0% to 20.0% by weight, based on the weight of said preparation, of an antiseptic agent, an amount of buffering agent effective to provide a pH in the range of 7.0-7.4 for said sterile buffered surface preparation and a gel or semi-gel formulation sufficient to provide a viscosity for said sterile buffered surface preparation in the range of about 10,000 cps to about 50,000 cps at about 25\u00b0 C.; b) mixing said sterile buffered surface preparation with an amount of anesthetic agent effective to anesthetize an anatomic surface and c) contacting said anatomic surface with said mixture of sterile buffered surface preparation and anesthetic agent within 48 hours after step b, for a period of time sufficient to achieve an antiseptic and anesthesia treatment of said anatomic surface,\n wherein said method provides sufficient antisepsis and anesthesia of an ocular surface for an intravitreal injection (IVI), intraocular surgery, and anterior chamber paracentesis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85938
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14341650', '10160060', '10186183', '13315397', '10150097']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6638841723449788
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4777990237466625
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6452756574851471
- Mean Citation Score: 128.743273
- Max Citation Score: 132.14198000000002
- Similarity Product: 87.60865036188842

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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