PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15986970
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "473000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue.

Claim (Index 5):
The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ablation device has an energy source selected from the group consisting of radiofrequency energy, microwave energy, electrical energy, electromagnetic energy, cryoenergy, laser energy, ultrasound energy, acoustic energy, chemical energy, and thermal energy.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85417
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14689475', '13624902', '13624899', '14931325', '10233158']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6293485357947152
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6452715736968332
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.630940839584927
- Mean Citation Score: 498.967182
- Max Citation Score: 633.06964
- Similarity Product: 625.4018114755821

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

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