PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16173748
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["424", "001110"]

Abstract:
Resorbable multifilament yarns and monofilament fibers including poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and copolymers thereof with high tenacity or high tensile strength have been developed. The yarns and fibers are produced by cold drawing the multifilament yarns and monofilament fibers before hot drawing the yarns and fibers under tension at temperatures above the melt temperature of the polymer or copolymer. These yarns and fibers have prolonged strength retention in vivo making them suitable for soft tissue repairs where high strength and strength retention is required. The multifilament yarns have tenacities higher than 8.1 grams per denier, and in vivo, retain at least 65% of their initial strength at 2 weeks. The monofilament fibers retain at least 50% of their initial strength at 4 weeks in vivo. The monofilament fibers have tensile strengths higher than 500 MPa. These yarns and fibers may be used to make various medical devices for various applications, including mesh sutures.

Claim (Index 18):
The mesh suture of  claim 17 , wherein the braid is made from monofilament fibers of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 92.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88372
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15924693', '15368922', '14964985', '13070211', '14057024']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8314434116621932
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6343790058174934
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8117369710777232
- Mean Citation Score: 530.4381639999998
- Max Citation Score: 627.91705
- Similarity Product: 554.7762285456002

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

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