PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15907149
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["134", "001100"]

Abstract:
Methods and treatments for removing contaminants from nanotube surfaces covering a medical device are disclosed herein. These methods and treatments include commencing exposure of a nanotube surface to at least one condition that at least partially removes the contaminants including: ultraviolet light, elevated temperature, plasma, and/or combinations thereof. These methods and treatments may also include orienting the nanotube surface relative to the at least one condition in order to enhance removal of the contaminants by the at least one condition. Exposure of the nanotube surface to the at least one condition may be ceased after the contaminants are at least partially removed from the nanotube surface.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for removing contaminants from a medical device, the method comprising:\n Providing a medical device, the medical device comprising:\n a substrate; and \n a nanotube surface covering at least a portion of a surface of the substrate, the nanotube surface comprising:\n a plurality of nanotubes comprising:\n a plurality of inner nanotube surfaces; \n a plurality of outer nanotube surfaces; and \n an oxide nanotube coating formed over the plurality of inner nanotube surfaces and outer nanotube surfaces; \n \n \n commencing exposure of the nanotube surface, including the inner nanotube surfaces and the outer nanotube surfaces, to at least one condition that at least partially removes the contaminants, the at least one condition selected from:\n ultraviolet light; \n an elevated temperature; and \n a plasma; and \n ceasing exposure of the nanotube surface to the at least one condition after the contaminants are at least partially removed from the nanotube surface, including the inner nanotube surfaces and the outer nanotube surfaces.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 65.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96552
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15043382', '15818245', '11913062', '13858042', '13263745']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7948921319494658
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4924296913006971
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.764645887884589
- Mean Citation Score: 199.324482
- Max Citation Score: 213.85965
- Similarity Product: 157.58354608230292

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

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