PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16148202
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["604", "540000"]

Abstract:
An external catheter stabilizer device for stabilizing and retaining a catheter tube at a stoma includes a base portion that is attached at a central portion via at least two legs. The base portion is configured to be affixed at a patient so as to generally surround a stoma. The central portion has a passageway therethrough that is configured to receive a tube that passes through the stoma. The central portion may include a disinfecting wiping element for receiving and wiping the tube as it is inserted through the passageway and into the stoma. The central portion may include flexible tabs that deflect to enlarge an effective diameter of the passageway and that are biased radially inward to retain the tube thereat. The device may have pads coupled to the respective legs via an elastomeric connecting element to allow for adjustment of the pads relative to the legs.

Claim (Index 22):
The external catheter stabilizer device of  claim 21 , wherein each of said flexible tabs comprises a curved inner surface, and wherein said flexible tabs cooperate to form a cylindrical passageway for receiving the tube therein.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08108
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15680704', '11085700', '15958351', '10216405', '11299708']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8131990053367535
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6083274514733016
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7927118499504083
- Mean Citation Score: 328.297146
- Max Citation Score: 621.02124
- Similarity Product: 487.6681865322661

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

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