PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16043099
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["604", "009000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for draining aqueous humor from an eye for reducing intraocular pressure. The draining apparatus comprises a tube defining a passage for fluid flow between an inlet end and an outlet end. An outlet assembly contacts the conjunctival layer externally of the eyeball. The outlet assembly comprises a housing in fluid communication with the outlet end of the tube and having an aperture for allowing egress of aqueous humor onto the external ocular surface. A resistive component is disposed in the housing for providing resistance to a flow of aqueous humor. A pair of tabs project outwardly and are adapted to be disposed subconjunctivally for securing the draining apparatus relative to the eyeball.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for controlling intraocular pressure within an eye, wherein a draining apparatus is implanted in the eye to drain aqueous humor from the eye and reduce the intraocular pressure, the draining apparatus including:\n a tube extending between an inlet end and an outlet end, the tube defining a passage for a fluid to flow from the inlet end to the outlet end; a housing defining a cavity in fluid communication with the outlet end of the tube, the cavity configured to receive the fluid from the tube, the housing including an opening configured to allow the fluid to flow out from the cavity to an external area; and a filtration element disposed in at least one of the tube or the housing and configured to provide a first resistance to the flow of the fluid, the inlet end of the tube being inserted into an anterior chamber of the eye, and the housing being on an external surface of the eye, the method comprising:\n removing the filtration element from the draining apparatus while the draining apparatus remains implanted in the eye; and \n installing a resistive component in at least one of the tube or the housing, the resistive component configured to provide a resistance to the flow of the fluid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87692
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14473228', '14826866', '14871095', '11063623', '15600597']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8236833551031538
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5933279474099052
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8006478143338289
- Mean Citation Score: 414.60056
- Max Citation Score: 552.1722
- Similarity Product: 474.341737837708

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

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