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 1):
A device for guiding the implanting of a sensor within the skin of a subject, the device comprising:\n a housing that is adapted for placement on the outer skin of the subject and 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 of 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 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 applicator and/or sensor therein.

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): 0.4908017586175538
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4825050565577913
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4899720884115776
- Mean Citation Score: 134.764946
- Max Citation Score: 137.67456
- Similarity Product: 99.36357212648392

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

Dataset: test