PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16114022
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["607", "062000"]

Abstract:
Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.

Claim (Index 2):
A method for treating a patient, the method comprising:\n percutaneously implanting a plurality of electrodes into a neck of the patient proximate to at least one phrenic nerve, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes is longitudinally spaced apart from a remainder of the plurality of electrodes; from a first electrode pair of the plurality of electrodes, applying a test stimulation to the at least one phrenic nerve, wherein the first electrode pair includes a first electrode connected to a negative output of a stimulator, and a second electrode connected to a positive output of the stimulator; from a second electrode pair of the plurality of electrodes, applying a test stimulation to the at least one phrenic nerve, wherein the second electrode pair includes the second electrode, and a third electrode connected to a negative output of the stimulator; selecting the first electrode pair or the second electrode pair for use in subsequent treatment based on which of the first electrode pair and the second electrode pair provided greater stimulation during the test stimulating steps; activating the patient's diaphragm by applying further electrical stimulation from the selected electrode pair of the first electrode pair and the second electrode pair; and in response to input from a breathing sensor configured to sense breathing of the patient, adjusting the electrical stimulation from the first electrode pair or the second electrode pair based on the sensed breathing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.38776
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14497858', '14792006', '15408193', '15252722', '14448734']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7483597152650763
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.561791054405769
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7297028491791456
- Mean Citation Score: 465.253376
- Max Citation Score: 469.33118
- Similarity Product: 413.6768332963276

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

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