PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16178444
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["600", "508000"]

Abstract:
Long-term electrocardiographic and physiological monitoring over a period lasting up to several years in duration can be provided through a continuously-recording subcutaneous insertable cardiac monitor (ICM). The sensing circuitry and the physical layout of the electrodes are specifically optimized to capture electrical signals from the propagation of low amplitude, relatively low frequency content cardiac action potentials, particularly the P-waves that are generated during atrial activation. The ICM is intended to be implanted centrally and positioned axially and slightly to either the left or right of the sternal midline in the parasternal region of the chest, with at least one of the ECG sensing electrodes of the ICM being disposed for being positioned in a region overlying the sternum or adjacent to the sternum and the other of the electrodes also being disposed for being positioned over the sternum or adjacent to the sternum of on the patient's chest.

Claim (Index 1):
A subcutaneous insertable electrocardiography (ECG) monitor, comprising:\n an implantable housing comprised of a biocompatible material that is suitable for implantation within a living body in at least one of the sternal midline and the parasternal region of the chest of the body; at least a pair of ECG sensing electrodes provided on a ventral surface and on opposite ends of the implantable housing operatively placed to facilitate sensing in closest proximity to the low amplitude, low frequency content cardiac action potentials that are generated during atrial activation, one of the electrodes being disposed for being positioned in at least one a region overlying the inferior sternum and the parasternal region of a patient's chest when the housing has been implanted, the other of the electrodes being disposed for being positioned in at least one of the superior sternal region and the parasternal region of the patient's chest when the housing has been implanted; and electronic circuitry provided within the housing assembly comprising a low power microcontroller operable to execute under modular micro program control as specified in firmware, an ECG front end circuit interfaced to the microcontroller and configured to capture the cardiac action potentials sensed by the pair of ECG sensing electrodes which are output as ECG signals, and non-volatile memory electrically interfaced with the microcontroller and operable to continuously store samples of the ECG signals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72527
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16178455', '16178463', '14488256', '14488230', '14488247']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.547615254632745
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5612293172157223
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5489766608910427
- Mean Citation Score: 381.527846
- Max Citation Score: 457.78015
- Similarity Product: 432.3530370521785

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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