PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944094
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["141", "329000"]

Abstract:
A septum is penetrable by a needle for decontamination by physical interaction. The septum can include a peripheral portion, an exterior surface], and an interior surface. A penetration portion extends between the exterior and interior surfaces, is spaced inwardly of the peripheral portion, and is penetrable by the needle or other penetrating element. A flex portion is located between the penetration portion and the peripheral portion. A thicker portion extends between the flex portion and the penetration portion, and defines an increased thickness between the exterior and interior surfaces relative to the flex portion. The flex portion is flexible inwardly relative to the peripheral portion during penetration of the penetration portion by a needle or other penetrating element. The penetration portion physically interacts with and decontaminates the needle when it penetrates the septum. The septum may also reduce or prevent retrograde contamination when the needle is withdrawn.

Claim (Index 1):
A septum comprising:\n an exterior surface located on an external side of the septum, and an interior surface located on an opposite side of the septum; a penetration portion penetrable by a needle or other penetrating element extending between the exterior and interior surfaces; wherein, when the penetration portion is penetrated with the needle or other penetrating element\n the septum applies a zone of relatively high, approximately radial pressure onto the needle or other penetrating element at or near the exterior surface and applies a zone of relatively lower, approximately radial pressure onto the needle or other penetrating element at or nearer to the interior surface; and \n the septum progressively wipes an exterior surface of the needle or other penetrating element at at least the zone of relatively high, approximately radial pressure and thereby decontaminates portions of the needle or other penetrating element that has penetrated the septum.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68333
- Patent Class: 141.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15267131', '14214890', '15434468', '14708196', '12894224']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7824848771811775
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5606024783484734
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7602966372979071
- Mean Citation Score: 294.69198
- Max Citation Score: 465.86087
- Similarity Product: 382.1490513843679

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

Dataset: test