PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974179
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "434000"]

Abstract:
A method for visualization and/or administration of medication of and into the sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess of a patient is provided. The method includes providing a sphenocath and inserting a guidewire into the nostril of a patient to a target area proximate the sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess of the patient. The sphenocath is advanced over the guidewire and a catheter hub of the sphenocath is rotated relative to a sheath hub to conform to an anatomy of the patient's sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess, such that the distal end of the catheter tube is proximal to the target area. The sphenocath is then advanced relative to a sheath assembly so that the distal end of a sphenocath catheter tube extends from a sphenocath sheath tube distal end and bends along the guidewire. The guidewire is removed and contrast media, fluids, and/or medication is administered to the patient's sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine ganglion disposed within the sphenopalatine recess of the patient.

Claim (Index 3):
The sphenocath of  claim 2 , wherein the curvature is such that an axis of the distal end of the catheter tube is at an angle relative to the axis of the proximal end of the catheter tube and the angle is between about 30.degree. to 90.degree.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53968
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15412377', '15803335', '15803273', '14548860', '13371288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6314551882156412
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6293602396774671
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6312456933618238
- Mean Citation Score: 534.3856720000001
- Max Citation Score: 646.41565
- Similarity Product: 559.706292886275

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

Dataset: test