PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16211909
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["128", "200240"]

Abstract:
An expiratory limb for a breathing circuit includes an enclosing wall defining a flexible singular expiratory flow passage between an inlet and an outlet and bounding the flexible singular expiratory flow passage and ambient air. The expiratory limb includes one or more regions of the enclosing wall that made from a material that allows passage of water vapor without allowing passage of liquid water, thereby forming a water vapor flow path from the flexible singular expiratory flow passage to the ambient air through the material. The expiratory limb is configured to allow diffusion of water vapor along the flexible singular expiratory flow passage and dry the flow of expiratory gases between the inlet and the outlet.

Claim (Index 29):
A dual limb breathing system comprising:\n a wye connector; an inspiratory tube providing a passageway for a flow of respiratory gases for inspiration by a patient through the wye connector; and an expiratory tube providing a passageway for a flow of expiratory gases from the patient through the wye connector, the expiratory tube comprising:\n an inlet connector configured to connect to and receive the flow of expiratory gases from the wye connector; \n an outlet connector configured to connect to and deliver the flow of expiratory gases to other equipment, and \n a single flexible corrugated tube connecting the inlet connector to the outlet connector, the tube formed of a breathable hydrophilic thermoplastic material that allows passage of water vapor from the flow of expiratory gases directly to ambient without allowing passage of liquid water, the single flexible corrugated tube comprising a diameter sufficient to allow an entirety of the flow of expiratory gases from the patient to pass through the tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22222
- Patent Class: 128.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15816965', '10622755', '12328200', '15816986', '10649938']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7156875371607991
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.603501261711943
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7044689096159136
- Mean Citation Score: 413.6906599999999
- Max Citation Score: 533.4291400000002
- Similarity Product: 446.7750622730592

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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