PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16033566
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["427", "002280"]

Abstract:
A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer on the outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter includes: inserting a core member into a guide wire lumen penetrating the balloon, disposing a proximal portion of the core member on a proximal side of a region of inflation of the balloon, with a distal portion of the core member protruded distally beyond a distal opening portion of the guide wire lumen, and fixing by clamping together with the core member a part of the balloon catheter that is on a distal side of the region of inflation; and moving a dispensing tube for supplying a coating liquid containing the drug relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon, while rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon, thereby to apply the coating liquid to the outer surface of the balloon.

Claim (Index 10):
A balloon coating method for forming a coating layer on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter, the balloon coating method comprising:\n positioning the balloon of the balloon catheter adjacent a clamp, the balloon catheter comprising: a tubular shaft to which a proximal portion of the balloon is fixed at a proximal joined region in a fluid-tight manner; a tube to which a distal potion of the balloon is fixed at a distal joined region in a fluid-tight manner, the balloon including an inflatable region between the distal joined region and the proximal joined region; a guide wire lumen passing through a portion of the tubular shaft and through the balloon, the guide wire lumen possessing a distal open end and a proximal open end; a core member positioned in the guide wire lumen, the core member possessing a distal end protruding distally beyond the distal open end of the guide wire lumen and possessing a proximal end protruding proximally beyond the joined region; clamping a part of the balloon catheter that is distal of the inflatable region and a part of the core member using the clamp; and apply the coating liquid to the outer surface of the balloon by dispensing the coating liquid from an axially moving dispensing tube while rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15136435', '15136269', '15873282', '15136397', '15789592']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7991599709970589
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5325242863278992
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.772496402530143
- Mean Citation Score: 325.420716
- Max Citation Score: 345.23785
- Similarity Product: 298.76279115293323

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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