PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948945
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "048000"]

Abstract:
A system for restoring muscle function to the lumbar spine to treat low back pain is provided. The system may include one or more electrode leads coupled to an implantable pulse generator (IPG) and a tunneler system for subcutaneously implanting a proximal portion of the lead(s). The system may also include a handheld activator configured to transfer a stimulation command to the IPG, and an external programmer configured to transfer programming data to the IPG. The stimulation command directs the programmable controller to stimulate the tissue in accordance with the programming data. The system may include a software-based programming system run on a computer such that the treating physician may program and adjust stimulation parameters.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:\n selecting a tunneler comprising an elongated shaft, a proximal end having a handle, and a distal portion removably coupled to a tunneler tip; selecting a sheath having a lumen extending therethrough configured to receive the elongated shaft of the tunneler; tunneling the tunneler, the sheath, and the tunneler tip subcutaneously between a first incision site and a second incision site such that the sheath spans the first and second incision sites, the sheath having the tunneler disposed therein during the tunneling; decoupling the tunneler tip from the distal portion of the tunneler; removing the tunneler from the sheath while the sheath continues to span the first and second incision sites; feeding the proximal end of the electrode lead through an end of the sheath until the proximal end of the electrode lead is exposed at the other end of the sheath; removing the sheath from the subcutaneous tunnel between the first and second incision sites; coupling the proximal end of the electrode lead to the implantable pulse generator; and implanting the implantable pulse generator at the second incision site.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7027
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15202435', '14061614', '14792430', '14939955', '15299399']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7279688103682176
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5805442417674135
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7132263535081372
- Mean Citation Score: 464.57168600000006
- Max Citation Score: 587.4945700000002
- Similarity Product: 398.000193166956

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

Dataset: test