PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16147472
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["427", "002240"]

Abstract:
Methods for texturing surgical implants, for example, breast implants, are provided. The methods include the use of computer controlled 3D printing of a sacrificial material to create a textured surface on an unfinished surface of the implant.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for creating a textured breast implant, the method comprising:\n dipping a mandrel into a liquid elastomer to form a breast implant shell around the mandrel; depositing, via a three-dimensional printing process, a texturing material onto the breast implant shell to form a first micrometer-scale pattern for creating an imprint on the breast implant shell; curing the breast implant shell to form a first cured, imprinted layer; removing the texturing material from the first cured, imprinted layer to form a textured surface; applying a tacky layer onto the textured surface; depositing, via three-dimensional printing, additional texturing material onto the tacky layer to form a second micrometer-scale pattern for creating a second imprint on the tacky layer; curing the tacky layer to form a second cured, imprinted layer; and removing the additional texturing material from the second cured, imprinted layer to obtain a second textured surface, the first and second cured, imprinted layers being configured to permit ingrowth of cells into the breast implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.3125
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14703307', '14106524', '14174133', '13297120', '15282587']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7766857874857095
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5494184335545627
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7539590520925948
- Mean Citation Score: 251.91611000000003
- Max Citation Score: 384.97687
- Similarity Product: 345.95232425740835

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

Dataset: test