PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "109000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for treating target tissues within the ears are disclosed. Systems include a device including a cutting edge configured to form an incision in a tympanic membrane, a pressure equalization tube positionable within an interior space of the device in a compressed configuration and configured to expand into an expanded configuration when released from the interior space, and an elongate positioning element configured to release the pressure equalization tube from the interior space such that the pressure equalization tube is deployed in the incision formed in the tympanic membrane.

Claim (Index 17):
An apparatus, comprising:\n a cutting edge configured to form an incision in a tympanic membrane; a sheath defining an interior space; a pressure equalization tube including a tubular portion disposable within the interior space and a lateral element extending from the tubular portion out through a side of the sheath; and an actuation device configured to move, after the cutting edge forms the incision, the cutting edge and the sheath relative to the pressure equalization tube to deploy the pressure equalization tube in the incision.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82692
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14221470', '13164993', '11749733', '13647562', '11749726']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8634514611182375
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6088910525480047
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8379954202612142
- Mean Citation Score: 526.801592
- Max Citation Score: 548.39716
- Similarity Product: 398.97744651946783

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

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