PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967917
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["604", "350000"]

Abstract:
An improved external catheter support device retains a condom or external catheter on a male penis. This support device is a low cost, easy to use, and comfortable solution for incontinent men. In one embodiment, a large condom serves as a urine collection device, retained by the catheter support device. In one embodiment, absorbent materials are disposed within the condom to gelatinize released urine. In another embodiment, the support device retains an external catheter, which directs urine to a urine collection device. Various configurations of external catheter, drain tube and urine collection devices with this support device are disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
An improved external catheter support device for retaining a condom or external catheter on a male penis, comprising:\n a flexible support band for encircling the scrotum next to the perineum and pubic bone, further comprising a first fastening means disposed on a first portion of the band and a second fastening means disposed on a second portion of the band, wherein the first fastening means is configured to releasably mate with the second fastening means at various positions when the first portion of the band is overlapped with the second portion of the band; a flexible retention band for encircling the ringlike structure at the proximal end of an external catheter or condom applied to a penis, further comprising a first fastening means disposed on a first portion of the band and a second fastening means disposed on a second portion of the band and where the first fastening means is configured to releasably mate with the second fastening means at various positions when the first portion of the band is overlapped with the second portion of the band, the retention band held in position approximately parallel to the support band; a connecting section joining the support band and the retention band and approximately orthogonal to the main axes of the parallel support band and retention band, the section whose orientation is aligned along the top side of the penis and has an enlarged midsection for grasping with fingers; and made of material that is flexible to conform to genital structures and breathable to permit evaporation of moisture from genital skin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91525
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14270467', '10868289', '10961396', '11368940', '10571276']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7575997403973527
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4809198519208545
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7299317515497029
- Mean Citation Score: 162.191048
- Max Citation Score: 175.97363
- Similarity Product: 114.680193102535

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

Dataset: test