PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963709
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "301000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for the treatment of Sleep Apnea events and Hypopnea episodes wherein one embodiment comprises a wearable, belt like apparatus containing a microphone and a plethysmograph. The microphone and plethysmograph generate signals that are representative of physiological aspects of respiration, and the signals are transferred to an imbedded computer. The embedded computer extracts the sound of breathing and the sound of the heart beat by Digital Signal Processing techniques. The embedded computer has elements for determining when respiration parameters falls out of defined boundaries for said respiration parameters. This exemplary method provides real-time detection of the onset of a Sleep Apnea event or Hypopnea episode and supplies stimulation signals upon the determination of a Sleep Apnea event or Hypopnea episode to initiate an inhalation. In one embodiment, the stimulus is applied to the patient by a cutaneous rumble effects actuator and/or audio effects broadcasting.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein the attributes, and timing of the personalized, tailored stimulus are chosen to prevent habituation or change the degree of habituation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77273
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14077524', '10920675', '13867778', '10419404', '10883857']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5145200265790463
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4891302550020416
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5119810494213458
- Mean Citation Score: 222.041026
- Max Citation Score: 227.6643
- Similarity Product: 153.93682313691974

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

Dataset: test