PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926577
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["424", "423000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure describes the use of cationic steroidal antimicrobial (CSA) compounds to prevent microbial fouling of medical implants, including microbial fouling caused by bacterial and/or fungal biofilms. The CSAs are incorporated into the medical implants to provide effective antimicrobial properties. A medical implant includes a component formed from a polymeric material. A plurality of CSA molecules are mixed with the polymeric material so that the CSA molecules are incorporated into the structure of the medical implant as formed. A medical implant can additionally or alternatively include a lubricious coating containing CSA molecules.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of preventing microbial fouling of a medical implant, comprising:\n placing a medical implant having a plurality of incorporated cationic steroidal antimicrobial (CSA) molecules into an environment prone to microbial colonization and fouling of medical implants; and the medical implant with incorporated CSA molecules killing microbes contacting the medical implant or preventing adherence of microbes contacting the medical implant to thereby prevent microbial colonization and fouling of the medical implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63934
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15454135', '15585632', '14750928', '13554957', '14848819']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7304211003664706
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5147595977248385
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7088549501023074
- Mean Citation Score: 277.560558
- Max Citation Score: 313.33875
- Similarity Product: 239.2463609270006

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

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