PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16356957
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["134", "006000"]

Abstract:
A device and method for disinfecting a needleless connector, the device including a housing comprising a hub rotationally coupled to a motor, the motor being operably connected to a power source, the hub further comprising a receptacle configured to receive a cleaning head, wherein the device is configured to detect achievement of one or more minimum thresholds which are recommended to achieve proper disinfection of the needleless connector. Various devices and methods are further provided to permit tracking and reporting of disinfection events.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for cleaning a needleless connector using a cleaning head apparatus comprising A disinfection system, comprising:\n a needleless connector; a disinfection device, comprising:\n a motor; \n a motor shaft; \n a hub coupled to the motor via the motor shaft, wherein the motor rotates the motor shaft and the hub; \n a rotating cleaning head apparatus coupled to the hub and comprising a cleaning pad and a body, wherein the body comprises an outer surface and a distal opening, wherein the distal opening forms an inner chamber capable of receiving the needleless connector, wherein the inner chamber is lined with the cleaning pad; \n a speed sensor that monitors and measures an axial rotation speed of the hub, wherein in response to measuring the axial rotation speed of the hub below a minimum axial rotation speed threshold, the speed sensor generates an error code; \n a status indicator; \n a status indicator controller, wherein the status indicator controller receives the error code, wherein in response to the status indicator controller receiving the error code, the status indicator controller sends a signal to the status indicator displays a color or a lighted pattern; and \n a timer electrically coupled to the speed sensor, wherein the timer measures a length of time for the hub to reach a the minimum axial rotation speed threshold, the minimum axial rotation speed threshold being measured by the speed sensor, wherein in response to measurement of the minimum axial rotation speed above the minimum axial rotation threshold for a minimum time lapse threshold, the status indicator displays another color or another lighted pattern, the method comprising steps for:\n attaching the cleaning head to the motor via the attachment feature; \n inserting the needleless connector into the inner chamber; and \n rotating the cleaning head via the motor while maintaining the inserted position of the needleless connector within the inner chamber; \n wherein a proximal end of the cleaning head apparatus comprises an attachment feature configured to selectively attach the cleaning head apparatus to the motor capable of rotating the cleaning head apparatus, wherein the attachment feature comprises one or more indents spaced radially about an exterior of the body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61818
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14078027', '14942852', '13904285', '13904295', '15227222']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.831130128554704
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5551312941196904
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8035302451112027
- Mean Citation Score: 332.340826
- Max Citation Score: 411.91357
- Similarity Product: 375.8759300783784

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

Dataset: test