PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16298784
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["607", "002000"]

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 27):
A method of stimulating at least one nerve, the method comprising:\n inserting a lead structure into one or more blood vessels, the lead structure to receive stimulation signals from a signal generator outside of a body having the blood vessel, wherein the lead structure includes a first electrode array of first electrodes; positioning the first electrode array in the one or more blood vessels and proximate a phrenic nerve, wherein the first electrode array does not contact the phrenic nerve and the diaphragm; and during inspiration and while the body is receiving mechanical ventilation, stimulating the phrenic nerve, via one or more electrodes of the first electrodes in the one or more blood vessels, to assist in contracting a diaphragm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.38776
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14448734', '15408193', '14497858', '14792006', '12524571']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7738586734698951
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5614614543134941
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7526189515542551
- Mean Citation Score: 505.686244
- Max Citation Score: 509.78577
- Similarity Product: 374.4490988174881

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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