PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16055390
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["604", "544000"]

Abstract:
A single-use, sterile, disposable catheter placement assist device to aid in the sterile placement of transurethral urinary catheters in female patients, and a method for catheter placement using the device. The catheter placement assist device includes a labia separator with flared wings having a curved profile. The wings meet at a valley. The catheter placement assist device also includes a posterior shield that covers the perineal tissues including the anus to prevent contamination of the sterile catheter with bacteria and may further include a spout that may be shallowly inserted into the vagina to position the catheter device to optimize labial separation, retraction of the posterior vaginal wall, perineal shielding, and visualization of the urethral meatus. The additional features of a light, a handle, a catheter tip holder, a swab storage location, and a stackable configuration may further be included with the catheter placement assist device.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 9 , and at least one of turning on a light on the catheter placement assist device and removing an antimicrobial swab from a storage location of the catheter placement assist device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96341
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12490669', '12420033', '10113036', '14835382', '14542220']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7921373704697723
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4946333862842877
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7623869720512239
- Mean Citation Score: 172.937736
- Max Citation Score: 186.4779
- Similarity Product: 112.32096104314328

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

Dataset: test