PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15754439
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["422", "022000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for controlling microbial growth on and in medical devices and implants, especially biofilm infections, involves using pulsed electric fields (PEF). To eradicate at least a portion of a biofilm on a medical implant, for example, 1500 volts can be applied through an electrode system, with pulse duration of 50 μs and pulse delivery frequency of 2 Hz. In the clinical setting, systemic microbial therapy can be combined with PEF to achieve a synergistic effect leading to improved eradication of infections.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 1  wherein the medical device is a medical implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43939
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14823340', '12648126', '10026198', '14655178', '14221691']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.807062531257349
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.477196189792231
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7740758971108371
- Mean Citation Score: 193.608304
- Max Citation Score: 197.33298
- Similarity Product: 137.20145390958308

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