PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["427", "002280"]

Abstract:
A method is disclosed for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The method includes supplying a coating solution containing a drug and a solvent through an end portion of a flexible dispensing tube with an opening portion for discharging the coating solution through the end portion of the flexible dispensing tube; keeping in contact an opening portion-formed end portion side of the dispensing tube with the outer surface of the balloon in such a manner as to be oriented in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the balloon; rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon; and discharging the coating solution through the opening portion and applying the coating solution to the outer surface of the balloon while the dispensing tube is moved relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon.

Claim (Index 7):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n moving the flexible dispensing tube, from a state of non-contact with the balloon, in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the flexible dispensing tube, and an opening portion-formed end portion side of the flexible dispensing tube formed at the end portion with the opening portion for discharging the coating solution is thereby placed in contact with the outer surface of the balloon.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64912
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15282230', '15282087', '15282563', '15281860', '15188192']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8426093118725064
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.622648798796196
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8206132605648754
- Mean Citation Score: 515.3932000000002
- Max Citation Score: 570.9329
- Similarity Product: 512.9555584833862

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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