PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961325
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "509000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method to treat sinusitis, a method for improved medication delivery to the sinus mucosa, and a method for staunching bleeding of the sinus mucosa comprising of comprising compressing sinus mucosa of a sinus of a patient against bone tissue of the sinus to a predetermined level without damaging the bone tissue. The present invention further provides a method to treat nasal polyposis comprising compressing nasal polyps contained within the nasal cavity against its lining to reduce volume of the nasal polyps. The present invention provides a method to treat chronic urethral syndrome comprising compressing interior surfaces of an urethra in order to stimulate and cause excretion out of urethral mucosa located along length of the urethra. The present invention further provides additional methods relating to drug delivery and visualization.

Claim (Index 44):
The method of  claim 43  wherein the compression of the interior surfaces of the urethra increases white blood cells within area of compression of the urethral mucosa.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1875
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12766586', '14479822', '12543445', '13439534', '12067804']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.775595332775958
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4951766331342817
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7475534628117905
- Mean Citation Score: 197.008712
- Max Citation Score: 198.65274
- Similarity Product: 116.87344361520051

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

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