PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16242732
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "022000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for an extracorporeal, artificial, placenta. In some embodiments, an artificial placenta and amniotic bed system may comprise a control unit, a gas delivery unit, a gas exchange unit or membrane oxygenator, a fluids delivery unit, an amniotic fluid bed, and a human machine interface. In some embodiments, the artificial placenta and amniotic bed systems, devices, and methods described herein may improve survival rates and minimize long-term disabilities in preterm, gestational-age, newborns. In some embodiments, the extracorporeal systems, devices, and methods comprise an artificial network through which oxygen and nutrient-rich blood may flow into a fetus (residing in an amniotic fluid bed), while carbon dioxide and wastes may be removed, thus re-establishing a form of intrauterine placental circulation.

Claim (Index 20):
An extracorporeal artificial placenta and amniotic bed system for the administration of oxygenated blood through an umbilical cord of an infant, the extracorporeal artificial placenta and amniotic bed system comprising:\n a simulated amniotic fluid bed comprising a thermo-regulated fluid environment configured to accommodate a body of the infant therein while maintaining a head of the infant above the thermo-regulated fluid environment; a fluid injection system configured to fill lungs of the infant with simulated amniotic fluid while the head of the infant is maintained above the thermo-regulated fluid environment; and an extra-uterine membrane oxygenation system configured to oxygenate blood of the infant, the extra-uterine membrane oxygenation system comprising:\n one or more arterial lines connected to the umbilical cord of the infant and configured to receive low-oxygen blood from the infant; \n a gas exchange unit comprising:\n an inflow capillary tree comprising a first branching structure, wherein the inflow capillary tree is configured to deliver the low-oxygen blood to a hollow fiber unit comprising one or more semipermeable hollow fibers capable of oxygenating the low-oxygen blood passing through the hollow fiber unit; and \n an outflow capillary tree comprising a second branching structure, wherein the second branching structure mirrors the first branching structure, and wherein the outflow capillary tree is configured to deliver oxygenated blood from the hollow fiber unit; and \n \n one or more venous lines connected to the umbilical cord of the infant and configured to receive the oxygenated blood from the outflow capillary tree and deliver the oxygenated blood to the infant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05479
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14240131', '15342988', '15495383', '14774378', '13468972']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.470743102227353
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4839313618258272
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4720619281872004
- Mean Citation Score: 224.417228
- Max Citation Score: 257.31735
- Similarity Product: 208.371349006328

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

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