PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15890218
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["604", "319000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed towards wound dressings comprising a liquid and gas permeable transmission layer, an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, the absorbent layer overlying the transmission layer, a gas impermeable cover layer overlying the absorbent layer and comprising a first orifice, wherein the cover layer is moisture vapor permeable. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters.

Claim (Index 56):
An apparatus to provide suction to a wound site comprising:\n a wound dressing comprising:\n an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate from the wound site, \n a cover layer overlying the absorbent layer and comprising an opening; and \n an obscuring layer between the absorbent layer and the cover layer that at least partially obscures visualization of the absorbent layer; \n a fluidic connector attached to the wound dressing comprising:\n a spacer layer comprising a proximal end, an elongate middle portion, and a distal end; \n a top layer constructed from a liquid impermeable material provided over the spacer layer, the top layer defining an upper surface of the fluidic connector; \n a bottom layer constructed from a liquid impermeable material provided below the spacer layer, wherein the top layer and the bottom layer are sealed together around a perimeter thereof to substantially enclose the spacer layer and wherein the spacer layer is in contact with the top layer and the bottom layer; and \n one or more apertures in the bottom layer beneath the distal end of the spacer layer, wherein a distal end of the bottom layer of the fluidic connector is positioned over the cover layer of the wound dressing with the one or more apertures in the bottom layer being positioned over the opening in the cover layer; and \n a portion of absorbent material positioned below the distal end of the spacer layer that is visible from above the top layer of the fluidic connector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82759
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14403036', '14715527', '14418908', '14418874', '14658068']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8451525392508425
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5624152666056451
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8168788119863228
- Mean Citation Score: 381.97084799999993
- Max Citation Score: 480.19318
- Similarity Product: 404.1220800422096

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

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