PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015085
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "331000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are devices, systems and methods for treating disease and/or infection by the release of silver from an implant over an extended period of time. In particular, the devices described herein may be used to treat infections such as osteomyelitis by the controlled release of silver ions from multiple sites of an extended-use implant. This implant typically includes a plurality of arms that both anchor and help distribute the released ions within the tissue. Power may be applied to release the silver ions into the tissue.

Claim (Index 6):
The implantable screw of  claim 1 , wherein the arm comprises a nickel titanium alloy covered by an adhesion layer and a silver coating, wherein the adhesion layer is formed after removal of a titanium oxide layer from the outer surface of the nickel titanium alloy and before the silver coating.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13527389', '15012803', '12870082', '14300696', '13231219']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8258572644545877
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5364337172629022
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7969149097354191
- Mean Citation Score: 353.99763799999994
- Max Citation Score: 422.44397
- Similarity Product: 399.43581271865065

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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