PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15754439
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["422", "022000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for controlling microbial growth on and in medical devices and implants, especially biofilm infections, involves using pulsed electric fields (PEF). To eradicate at least a portion of a biofilm on a medical implant, for example, 1500 volts can be applied through an electrode system, with pulse duration of 50 μs and pulse delivery frequency of 2 Hz. In the clinical setting, systemic microbial therapy can be combined with PEF to achieve a synergistic effect leading to improved eradication of infections.

Claim (Index 24):
The system of  claim 20  further including an electrode system coupled to the pulse generator, the electrode system having an array of needles for application of the pulse electric field.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43939
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14823340', '12648126', '10026198', '14655178', '14221691']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8042612419388413
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4949227821651107
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7733273959614683
- Mean Citation Score: 193.608304
- Max Citation Score: 197.33298
- Similarity Product: 111.38761666684628

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

Dataset: test