PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025432
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["210", "645000"]

Abstract:
A membrane separation device is disclosed along with systems and methods employing the device in blood processing procedures. In one embodiment, a spinning membrane separator is provided in which at least two zones or regions are created in the gap between the membrane and the shell, such that mixing of the fluid between the two regions is inhibited by a radial rib associated with the membrane that decreases the gap between the membrane and the shell to define two fluid regions, the ridge isolating the fluid in the two regions to minimize mixing between the two. Automated systems and methods are disclosed for separating a unit of previously collected whole blood into components, such as concentrated red cells and plasma, for collecting red cells and plasma directly from a donor in a single pass, and for cell washing. Data management systems and methods and priming methods are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 25):
The method of  claim 13  further comprising creating separate fluid flow regions within the gap during the separation of the whole blood into substantially concentrated red blood cells and plasma without the use of seals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9875
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14003290', '14422032', '15177426', '15014177', '15066047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8368492646174905
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5386916596390174
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8070335041196433
- Mean Citation Score: 399.64824
- Max Citation Score: 409.28986
- Similarity Product: 304.4693367354894

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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