PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16147472
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["427", "002240"]

Abstract:
Methods for texturing surgical implants, for example, breast implants, are provided. The methods include the use of computer controlled 3D printing of a sacrificial material to create a textured surface on an unfinished surface of the implant.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for creating a textured breast implant, the method comprising:\n dipping a mandrel into a liquid elastomer to form a breast implant shell around the mandrel; forming a first micrometer-scale pattern on the breast implant shell using sugar and a solid freeform fabrication (SFF) or layer manufacturing (LM) technique; curing the breast implant shell to form a first cured, imprinted surface; removing the sugar from the first cured, imprinted surface; after removing the sugar from the first cured, imprinted surface, applying a tacky layer onto the first cured, imprinted surface; forming a second micrometer-scale pattern on the tacky layer using sugar and a solid freeform fabrication (SFF) or layer manufacturing (LM) technique; curing the tacky layer to form a second cured, imprinted surface; and removing the sugar from the second cured, imprinted surface to obtain a second textured surface that facilitates cell ingrowth on the implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.3125
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14703307', '14106524', '14174133', '13297120', '15282587']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7766297736682746
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5494802322993687
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.753914819531384
- Mean Citation Score: 251.91611000000003
- Max Citation Score: 384.97687
- Similarity Product: 348.3197512269151

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

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