PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16143682
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["600", "476000"]

Abstract:
In certain aspects, the invention relates to processes for using renally excretable optical agents to detect one or more tissues of the renal system of a surgical patient. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a kit including a biocompatible composition containing one or more optical agents and instructions for using the optical agent(s) in a process of the present invention.

Claim (Index 15):
A process for using a fluorescent agent in a surgical procedure, the process comprising:\n administering a renally excretable fluorescent agent into the bloodstream of a patient, wherein the renally excretable optical agent is a pyrazine molecule, or a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation thereof; irradiating a ureter of the patient's renal system with infrared radiation, visible radiation, ultraviolet radiation or combinations thereof to excite the agent in the patient's urine and cause the agent to fluoresce; and detecting the agent's fluorescence in the irradiated ureter to demarcate the position of the ureter and distinguish the ureter from the surrounding tissue during the surgical procedure, wherein the surgical procedure is selected from an abdominal surgery and a pelvic surgery.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65854
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14919967', '11995270', '11721186', '14047733', '15178720']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.472252931857149
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6090215389096734
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4859297925624014
- Mean Citation Score: 332.918408
- Max Citation Score: 571.0967400000002
- Similarity Product: 520.2077295719148

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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