PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16399248
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "103020"]

Abstract:
The present invention is an inflatable balloon which is enclosed by an expandable cover which becomes increasingly porous/permeable during expansion. The balloon is coated or enclosed with a matrix which contains a pharmaceutically active agent. During expansion of the balloon, the pharmaceutically active agent is released or extruded through the expandable cover into a body cavity such as an artery or vein. The present invention also provides for a method of treating a disease or condition by delivering the inflatable balloon to a particular body cavity.

Claim (Index 28):
A medical device comprising, a balloon, a biocompatible matrix and a cover, wherein the balloon comprises a plurality of pleats, wherein the biocompatible matrix is disposed between the balloon and the cover, wherein the biocompatible matrix comprises at least one pharmaceutical agent, selected from the group consisting of everolimus, tacrolimus, zotarolimus, biolimus, rapamycin or mixtures, encapsulated in a microsphere, liposome, nanoparticle or nanogel, wherein the cover forms a tube enclosing the balloon, which is sealed around the balloon, and wherein permeability of the cover when the balloon is inflated is greater than the permeability of the cover when the balloon is in an unexpanded state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78431
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14018053', '13603296', '10223415', '13971348', '13130420']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7534547395314121
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4894615031890181
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7270554158971727
- Mean Citation Score: 189.767856
- Max Citation Score: 198.11823
- Similarity Product: 150.55753636690557

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

Dataset: test