PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059522
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["424", "422000"]

Abstract:
A medical device, comprising: an array of microneedles, and a coating disposed on the microneedles, wherein the coating comprises: a local anesthetic selected from the group consisting of lidocaine, prilocaine, and a combination thereof; and a local anesthetic dose-extending component selected from the group consisting of tetracaine, ropivacaine, bupivacaine, procaine and a combination thereof; wherein the local anesthetic is present in an amount of at least 1 wt-% based upon total weight of solids in the coating, and wherein the local anesthetic and dose-extending component are in a non-eutectic weight ratio; a medical device, comprising an array of dissolvable microneedles, the microneedles comprising: a dissolvable matrix material; at least 1 wt-% of a local anesthetic selected from the group consisting of lidocaine, prilocaine, and a combination thereof; and a local anesthetic dose-extending component selected from the group consisting of tetracaine, ropivacaine, bupivacaine, procaine and a combination thereof; wherein the local anesthetic and dose-extending component are in a non-eutectic weight ratio, and wherein wt-% is based upon total weight of solids in all portions of the dissolvable microneedles which contain the local anesthetic; a method of extending a topically delivered local anesthetic dose in mammalian tissue using the devices; and methods of making the devices are provided.

Claim (Index 18):
The device of  claim 16 , wherein the excipient is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, dextrins, dextrans, hyroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyethylene glycols, amino acids, peptides, polysorbate, human serum albumin, saccharin sodium dehydrate, and a combination thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.30556
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15766469', '15480813', '14361802', '14361787', '14398375']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7785809682962509
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4925461995846904
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7499774914250948
- Mean Citation Score: 222.837652
- Max Citation Score: 228.98131
- Similarity Product: 164.4810657638979

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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