PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16021659
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["604", "514000"]

Abstract:
Described here are delivery devices for delivering one or more implants to the body, and methods of using. The delivery devices may deliver implants to a variety of locations within the body, for a number of different uses. In some variations, the delivery devices have a cannula with one or more curved sections. In some variations, a pusher may be used to release one or more implants from the cannula. In some variations, one or more of the released implants may be a self-expanding device. Methods of delivering implants to one or more sinus cavities are also described here.

Claim (Index 40):
A method of treating one or more sinus conditions in a patient, the method comprising:\n delivering an expandable device to a sinus region, wherein the expandable device, wherein the expandable device is configured to expand from a first compressed configuration to a second expanded configuration for conformation against sinus tissue, wherein the expandable device comprises at least one biodegradable polymer filament and wherein the expandable device is configured to release mometasone furoate at a daily dosage of about 500 \u03bcg or less per day.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15686
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14081974', '12334382', '14082010', '12334373', '12779240']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8189496729996004
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5382985058538147
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7908845562850219
- Mean Citation Score: 380.459764
- Max Citation Score: 437.7381
- Similarity Product: 284.90585955682394

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

Dataset: test