PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16241812
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["351", "221000"]

Abstract:
A process for safely providing retinal phototherapy includes generating an interferometric signal or pattern by applying a near infrared light beam to a retinal pigment epithelium of a retina of an eye. A level or concentration of melanin within the retinal pigment epithelium of the retina is compared to a normal level or concentration using the detected interferometric signal or pattern. One or more treatment parameters of the retinal phototherapy is adjusted if the level or concentration of melanin in the retinal pigment epithelium of the eye exceeds the normal level or concentration by a predetermined amount.

Claim (Index 8):
The process of  claim 1 , wherein the determining step comprises calculating a ratio of abnormal retinal pigment epithelium melanin and normal retinal pigment epithelium melanin densities according to the calculation of:\n [{N\u03c3 s +\u03bc backscat } RPE /{2N(\u03c3 s +\u03c3 a )+2\u03bc backscat } RPE }] times [1\u2212exp[\u22122w{N(\u03c3 s +\u03c3 a )+\u03bc backscat } RPE ]], wherein N is the number density of the melanin aggregates that absorb and scatter the light beam; \u03c3 s  denotes a cross section of a melanin aggregate for backwards scattering; \u03c3 a  denotes a cross section of a melanin aggregate for absorption; and \u03bc back scat  is a coefficient for backscattering from a structural matrix of the retina.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 69.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08333
- Patent Class: 351.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15818216', '15634515', '11606451', '14932807', '12446677']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.569282822321767
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5634306418515832
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5686976042747486
- Mean Citation Score: 301.357722
- Max Citation Score: 470.70752000000016
- Similarity Product: 363.70125720291145

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

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