PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117218
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["607", "088000"]

Abstract:
A removable tip for a light energy handpiece comprises a hollow conduit configured to surround a light guide in the handpiece; a support extension having a length longer than a length of the hollow conduit; and a shielding extension coupled to the support extension at an angle less than 180 degrees and located in front of the hollow conduit. The shielding extension is configured to be inserted behind an eyelid and extend to the fornix, the shielding extension comprised of a thermally insulative material.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of protecting ocular tissue during application of light energy, the method comprising:\n providing a handpiece having a light energy device, the handpiece having a tip having a shielding extension configured to be inserted posterior to an eyelid; inserting the shielding extension behind the eyelid to the fornix prior to applying light energy to an anterior surface of the eyelid; applying light energy from the light energy device to an anterior surface of the eyelid; wherein the light energy device is configured to produce one of: LED energy or laser energy; and wherein the shielding extension is comprised of a thermally insulative material such that energy not absorbed by a target tissue is prevented from reaching ocular tissue located posterior to the eyelid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15069660', '13707834', '10569743', '12841357', '14473228']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5969459263799191
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5182904860915868
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5890803823510858
- Mean Citation Score: 215.018422
- Max Citation Score: 340.6644
- Similarity Product: 324.9804754916668

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

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