PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16184234
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["623", "001160"]

Abstract:
A valved conduit including a bioprosthetic valve, such as a heart valve, and a tubular conduit sealed with a bioresorbable material. The bioprosthetic heart valve includes prosthetic tissue that has been treated such that the tissue may be stored dry for extended periods without degradation of functionality of the valve. The bioprosthetic heart valve may have separate bovine pericardial leaflets or a whole porcine valve. The sealed conduit includes a tubular matrix impregnated with a bioresorbable medium such as gelatin or collagen. The valved conduit is stored dry in packaging in which a desiccant pouch is supplied having a capacity for absorbing moisture within the packaging limited to avoid drying the bioprosthetic tissue out beyond a point where its ability to function in the bioprosthetic heart valve is compromised. The heart valve may be sewn within the sealed conduit or coupled thereto with a snap-fit connection.

Claim (Index 5):
The valved conduit of  claim 1 , wherein the packaging comprises a dual layer packaging with the valved conduit sealed within an inner gas-permeable sterile barrier to enable gas sterilization and an outer gas-impermeable barrier to prevent long term oxidation of the bioprosthetic tissue.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.925
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15079854', '13906166', '14850829', '15935483', '15400934']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8645033529416718
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.646403227490062
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8426933403965109
- Mean Citation Score: 502.618162
- Max Citation Score: 651.3228
- Similarity Product: 619.5566932115794

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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