PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868457
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["351", "221000"]

Abstract:
In a corneal measurement system, an optical element focuses an excitation light to an area of corneal tissue at a selected depth. In response, a fluorescing agent applied to the cornea generates a fluorescence emission. An aperture of a pinhole structure selectively transmits the fluorescence emission from the area of corneal tissue at the selected depth. A detector captures the selected fluorescence emission transmitted by the aperture and communicates information relating to a measurement of the selected fluorescence emission captured by the detector. A controller receives the information from the detector and determines a measurement of the fluorescing agent in the area of corneal tissue at the selected depth. The system may include a scan mechanism that causes the optical element to scan the cornea at a plurality of depths, and the controller may determine a measurement of the fluorescing agent in the cornea as a function of depth.

Claim (Index 18):
A measurement system for a cornea, comprising:\n a light source configured to emit an excitation light that causes a fluorescing agent applied to a cornea to generate a fluorescence emission; at least one optical element positioned to receive the excitation light from the light source and configured to deliver the excitation light, the excitation light extending through a plurality of depths of the cornea, the fluorescing agent in the cornea generating the fluorescence emission in response to the excitation light; a detector positioned to capture an image of the fluorescence emission from the cornea; and a controller communicatively coupled to the detector and configured to: receive the image from the detector, scan the image to measure the fluorescence emission at the plurality of depths, and to determine a measurement of the fluorescing agent in the cornea as a function of depth based on the measurement of the fluorescence emission at the plurality of depths.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54839
- Patent Class: 351.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15161302', '14696672', '13488097', '13665495', '15140184']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.626664340091574
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5139085679186033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6153887628742769
- Mean Citation Score: 308.9758720000001
- Max Citation Score: 351.25692999999984
- Similarity Product: 283.863595882129

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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