PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15951641
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["436", "043000"]

Abstract:
This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The methods and devices are particularly useful for providing point-of-care testing for a variety of medical applications.

Claim (Index 14):
A system configured to detect an optical signal indicating the presence of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample, comprising:\n a cartridge configured to perform an assay, comprising: a sample collection unit capable of receiving the bodily fluid sample; a metering channel configured to meter a volume of the bodily fluid sample; a mixing chamber configured to be brought into fluidic communication with the metering channel and to receive a portion of the bodily fluid sample to be mixed; a reagent chamber having a volume of less than 100 microliters and including a dried reagent to be liquefied upon initiation of the assay, the reagent chamber being configured to be brought into fluid communication with the mixing chamber; and a plurality of reaction sites in fluid communication with the reagent chamber, each reaction site comprising a reactant bound thereto and configured to generate an optical signal in response to reacting with the analyte present in the bodily fluid sample; and a reader assembly configured to receive the cartridge and configured to detect the optical signals; and a communication assembly for transmitting said an indication that the optical signals were detected to an external device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.33333
- Patent Class: 436.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11554509', '14868208', '14270618', '11388823', '11389409']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7329730203359122
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5406181077646935
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7137375290787903
- Mean Citation Score: 383.587696
- Max Citation Score: 435.69672
- Similarity Product: 344.0427310522128

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

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