PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16443755
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["128", "202160"]

Abstract:
A cleaning device, system and method for use with an ETT or tracheostomy ventilation tube  60,  a ventilator machine  900,  a source(s)  602  of fluid (for example, pressurized or unpressurized) and a source(s) of suctioning  603  is disclosed. In some embodiments, the cleaning device is useful for cleaning an inner surface of the ventilation tube  60  and/or for preventing or hindering the accumulation of biofilm thereon. In some embodiments, it is possible to clean biofilm or any other material on the inner surface  201  by delivering fluid into an interior of the ventilation tube, wiping the tube interior with a width-expanded wiping element (e.g. an inflated balloon) by longitudinal motion of the wiping element, and suctioning material out of the ventilation tube ventilation tube.

Claim (Index 1):
A wiping device for cleaning an inner surface of a ventilation tube in a closed ventilation system where air is mechanically forced into the ventilation tube by an external ventilator, comprising:\n a ventilation tube connector assembly, an elongate flexible main body having a suction lumen and an inflation lumen, an inflatable balloon mounted to the elongate flexible main body at or near a distal end thereof, the inflatable balloon being sealed and expandable by fluid through the inflation lumen so that a balloon wall is brought into contact with the ventilation tube inner surface when the main body is inserted inside the ventilation tube, one or more suction orifices on the main body in fluid communication with the suction lumen, a pliable and impermeable sleeve around at least a portion of the main body, an input module assembly connected to a proximal end of the main body, the pliable and impermeable sleeve being connected at a distal end to the ventilation tube connector assembly, and at a proximal end to the input module assembly, the input module assembly having:\n (i) a fluid source for inflation of the inflatable balloon, \n (ii) a suction port connectable to a suction source, and \n (iii) a switching assembly to manually regulate delivery of fluid from the fluid source to the inflatable balloon and to regulate suction between the suction port and the suction lumen.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05634
- Patent Class: 128.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14008558', '15069150', '14993757', '13806958', '11538366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6263687305696087
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5453672360328549
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6182685811159334
- Mean Citation Score: 300.648732
- Max Citation Score: 424.80847
- Similarity Product: 352.8612186841488

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