PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042879
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["623", "008000"]

Abstract:
Absorbable implants for breast surgery that conform to the breast parenchyma and surrounding chest wall have been developed. These implants support newly lifted breast parenchyma, and/or a breast implant. The implants have mechanical properties sufficient to support a reconstructed breast, and allow the in-growth of tissue into the implant as it degrades. The implants have a strength retention profile allowing the support of the breast to be transitioned from the implant to regenerated host tissue, without significant loss of support. Three-dimensional implants for use in minimally invasive mastopexy/breast reconstruction procedures are also described, that confer shape to a patient's breast. These implants are self-reinforced, can be temporarily deformed, implanted in a suitably dissected tissue plane, and resume their preformed three-dimensional shape. The implants are preferably made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) and copolymers thereof. The implants have suture pullout strengths that can resist the mechanical loads exerted on the reconstructed breast.

Claim (Index 1):
An absorbable implant for plastic surgery procedures comprising a porous biodegradable polymeric scaffold formed into a three-dimensional shape, wherein the scaffold has shape memory, and is designed to confer shape to the breast.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7957
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14329760', '15489291', '15489330', '14813454', '14694681']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8578510484676412
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5596381639258861
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8280297600134657
- Mean Citation Score: 538.759048
- Max Citation Score: 543.9588
- Similarity Product: 387.2902749238729

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