PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913332
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "053000"]

Abstract:
Implantable sensors are described that can be utilized in conjunction with orthopedic implants for monitoring fracture healing and detecting local chemical concentrations to detect and monitor implant associated infection. The sensors can include strain gauges, electrochemical, or spectrochemical sensors that can be read transdermally using a single photodetector. Sensors can be affixed to implantable support devices so as to non-invasively monitor the effect of load on the implant to provide a quantitative assessment of when a fracture is sufficiently healed to allow safe weight-bearing upon the limb. Alternatively, sensors can monitor the local concentration of infection biomarkers, for instance to monitor the implant area for early stage infection.

Claim (Index 1):
An implantable sensor for monitoring conditions near an implanted medical device, the implantable sensor comprising\n a power source; a first signal LED; a second reference LED; a circuit connected to said power source and both said first signal LED and said second reference LED, said circuit configured to modulate the light output from said first signal LED and said second reference LED with distinct modulation waveforms using power from said power source; an optochemical indicator configured to alter the spectrum of light incident upon it in a manner that depends upon said condition, said optochemical indicator further configured to receive light from said first signal LED without substantially receiving light from said second reference LED.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15751623', '13960881', '15078604', '11925272', '11193071']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7478872000423187
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4785901137122517
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.720957491409312
- Mean Citation Score: 157.93644400000005
- Max Citation Score: 234.80669
- Similarity Product: 159.30287464353503

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

Dataset: test