PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118151
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["607", "046000"]

Abstract:
This invention provides a device for implantation directly into the spinal cord for the purpose of treating back pain. Electrodes on a backing that conforms directly to the spinal cord are installed as a source of electrical stimulation and pain relief. The floating electrodes can be flexibly mounted to the substrate such that when the electrode array is implanted into the subject, individual electrodes float or move resiliently relative to the substrate to an extent sufficient to accommodate pulsations of the surface of the spinal cord within the dura.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for stimulating the spinal cord of a subject who is prone to deleterious nerve signals transmitted within the spinal cord, the method comprising:\n implanting an electrode assembly intradurally between the pial surface of the spinal cord and the dura mater that surrounds the spinal cord in such a manner so as not to obstruct flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) near or around the spinal cord; and then applying to the spinal cord by way of the electrode assembly an electrical stimulus that pulses or alternates with a frequency at or above 500 Hertz, thereby inhibiting transmission of the deleterious nerve signals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437803', '15004515', '14375781', '15191214', '14375785']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6769773073508105
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5751618128091892
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6667957578966485
- Mean Citation Score: 387.506018
- Max Citation Score: 450.12805
- Similarity Product: 405.3352379928052

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

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