PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15743763
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["424", "426000"]

Abstract:
Hollow fiber drug delivery devices are described. Device can contain structural or solid fibers. Fabric can be formed by fibers being interwoven or joined to each other. All or some of the fibers can be resorbable. Fibers can be subdivided, by deformations or closure points, into numerous compartments that separately deliver drug. Deformations can be located at points of fiber intersection or joining. Different drug or drug formulation can be provided in different places. Fibers can be given appropriate surface treatments or coatings to achieve desired properties such as wetting of pores and surfaces. Different release characteristics in different directions can be achieved. The hollow fibers can contain solid particles of drug, and can contain gel. Possible applications include hernia meshes, pouches, sutures, catheters, wound dressings, stents, nerve regrowth guides, refillable/drainable devices, and devices that deliver drug to lymphatic flow.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 15 , wherein the hollow, non-metallic fiber(s) are linearly cohesive with two ends, and wherein one or more resorbable second fibers or linking structures structurally restrain the linearly cohesive fibers to form a fabric construct, and wherein the method further comprises leaving the medical device in the subject for a period of time for the resorbable fibers or linking structures to be sufficiently degraded so that the linearly cohesive fibers are no longer structurally restrained, and pulling a portion of the linearly cohesive fibers to pull the linearly cohesive fibers from the body of the subject.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76087
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14073734', '14968456', '12269838', '11148011', '11759387']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7536608794264361
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.490803543118731
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7273751457956656
- Mean Citation Score: 163.29429
- Max Citation Score: 172.24348
- Similarity Product: 118.67558499621153

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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