PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901305
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["137", "539000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for use in controlling a dispensing rate of medication or other substance via a syringe, including, without limitation, into a patient, intravenous line port or heparin lock. A fluid flow rate control apparatus has a housing defining an inner chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port. Sealing seats are formed at or near both the inlet and outlet ports, and a moveable sealing element, such as a ball, can move within the inner chamber between the sealing seats. A spring biases the ball toward the inlet port sealing seat.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of regulating flow rate of fluid administered by a syringe comprising:\n a) attaching a flow control apparatus to a fluid outlet of a syringe, wherein said flow control apparatus comprises:\n i) a housing having a first bore extending through said housing, wherein said first bore has an inlet and an outlet; \n ii) a ball moveably disposed within said first bore between said inlet and said outlet; \n iii) a ball seat disposed between said ball and said outlet; and \n iv) a compression spring disposed between said ball and said ball seat, wherein said compression spring biases said ball away from said ball seat; \n b) depressing a plunger of said syringe; c) directing fluid through said inlet and into said first bore; and d) compressing said spring and restricting fluid flowing through said outlet when a fluid flow rate through said first channel exceeds a predetermined flow rate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63077
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14754806', '11818232', '11465612', '10853893', '10854830']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8437737549082373
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4771202527328236
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8071084046906959
- Mean Citation Score: 215.62536
- Max Citation Score: 225.05891
- Similarity Product: 160.32378891872705

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

Dataset: test