PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15912692
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["607", "088000"]

Abstract:
A novel method to stimulate electrically active biological cells using visible wavelength light and metallic nanoparticles possessing plasmonic properties is presented herein. Using this technology, prosthetic devices such as cochlear and retinal implants and cardiac pacemakers can be developed to have superior properties as compared to the currently utilized electrical stimulation designs. These properties include improved spatial resolution; less or non-invasive devices; and higher fidelity of transduction. An additional advantage of using visible light wavelengths is the avoidance of unwanted heating of surrounding tissue that occurs with infrared stimulation.

Claim (Index 7):
The implant of  claim 2 , wherein in the light source is configured to produce one or more pulses of light.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.2973
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15048756', '13219514', '14321509', '15432073', '14020599']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5900570601830419
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5763024522390815
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.588681599388646
- Mean Citation Score: 288.63337800000005
- Max Citation Score: 577.5893599999997
- Similarity Product: 353.5279220328521

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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