PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16110092
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["623", "013110"]

Abstract:
Devices and methods for treating defects in connective tissue are provided along with methods for making such devices. The devices can include acellular arterial tissue matrices that facilitate regrowth of the damaged tissue.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating connective tissue, comprising:\n selecting a connective tissue in need of treatment; selecting an arterial tissue matrix from which substantially all the native cells have been removed, wherein the arterial tissue matrix is in the form of a tubular conduit; and contacting the arterial tissue matrix with at least a portion of the connective tissue in need of treatment by positioning the arterial tissue matrix in the form of a tubular conduit around a defect in the connective tissue such that a basement membrane of the arterial tissue matrix faces away from the connective tissue.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.2069
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15342401', '13670911', '14788987', '15419076', '14162915']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7420312254905819
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5000772228277306
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7178358252242968
- Mean Citation Score: 265.66993800000006
- Max Citation Score: 312.4063
- Similarity Product: 264.0110216665566

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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