PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16147398
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.

Claim (Index 2):
An electrode assembly for an ablation catheter with thermal shunting, the electrode assembly comprising:\n a proximal electrode portion; a distal electrode portion; a filtering element electrically coupling the proximal electrode portion to the distal electrode portion and configured to present a low impedance at a frequency used for delivering ablative energy via the proximal and distal electrode portions; and at least one thermal shunt member in thermal communication with the proximal electrode portion and the distal electrode portion to selectively remove heat from at least one of the electrode assembly and tissue being treated by the electrode assembly when the electrode assembly is activated; wherein the at least one thermal shunt member extends at least partially through an interior of the electrode assembly to transfer heat from the electrode assembly during use; wherein the at least one thermal shunt member is configured to receive at least one fluid conduit extending at least partially through an interior of the at least one thermal shunt member, wherein the at least one thermal shunt member is in thermal communication with the at least one fluid conduit; and wherein the at least one fluid conduit is configured to place the electrode assembly in fluid communication with a fluid source to selectively remove heat from at least one of the electrode assembly and the tissue being treated.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45455
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15336648', '16147403', '15214358', '15382436', '15214376']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.860316932232139
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5585484845165289
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.830140087460578
- Mean Citation Score: 444.361222
- Max Citation Score: 507.80457
- Similarity Product: 426.9228795883155

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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