PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16029319
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["600", "249000"]

Abstract:
Methods and devices to quickly and accurately apply medication to a paranasal sinus are disclosed. Additionally, the methods and devices prevent the medication applied to a paranasal sinus from flowing down a patient's throat by expanding, using an inflation lumen of a device, an expandable member of the device adjacent to the patient's choana.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for treating a sinus disease, the method comprising the steps of:\n (a) inserting a portion of a device into a nasal cavity of a patient through a nostril, the device comprising:\n a handle comprising a proximal end and a distal end; \n an inflation device at least partially disposed within the handle; \n a flexible tubular member extending from the handle, the flexible tubular member comprising an inflation lumen fluidly coupled to the inflation device, and a second lumen fluidly coupled to a medication port; and \n an expandable member attached to the flexible tubular member, the expandable member comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the inflation lumen opens, via an inflation port, into the expandable member, wherein the medication port is disposed proximally of the proximal end of the expandable member; \n (b) expanding, using the inflation lumen, the expandable member adjacent to the patient's choana; (c) introducing an amount of medication into the nasal cavity, such that at least a portion of the medication enters an ostium of a paranasal sinus of the patient and enters the paranasal sinus and at least a portion of the medication remains in the paranasal sinus for a period of 5 minutes to 40 minutes

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60526
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15166102', '14712722', '15008115', '15798072', '14699999']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5949313711475057
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6229904040916638
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5977372744419215
- Mean Citation Score: 544.6440500000001
- Max Citation Score: 590.7294
- Similarity Product: 554.9970164506675

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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