PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16257791
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["604", "544000"]

Abstract:
Ureteral or bladder catheters are provided, including (a) a proximal portion; and (b) a distal portion, the distal portion including a retention portion that includes one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations and is configured to establish an outer periphery or protective surface area that inhibits mucosal tissue from occluding the one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations upon application of negative pressure through the catheter. Systems, kits and methods for inducing negative pressure to increase renal function also are provided.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for inducing negative pressure in a portion of a urinary tract of a patient, the method comprising:\n deploying a ureteral catheter into a ureter of a patient to maintain patency of fluid flow between a kidney and a bladder of the patient, the ureteral catheter comprising a distal portion for insertion within the patient's kidney and a proximal portion; deploying a bladder catheter into the bladder of the patient, wherein the bladder catheter comprises a distal portion for insertion within the patient's bladder and a proximal portion for application of negative pressure, the proximal portion extending outside of the patient's body; and applying negative pressure to the proximal end of the bladder catheter to induce negative pressure in a portion of the urinary tract of the patient to remove fluid from the patient.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61667
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16205987', '15214955', '15673706', '15411884', '15215081']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.872057771634395
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6757259503469718
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8524245895056527
- Mean Citation Score: 549.797642
- Max Citation Score: 689.2047
- Similarity Product: 644.040909150839

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

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