PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16414819
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["382", "131000"]

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for determining a centerline of a three-dimensional tubular structure is described. The method includes providing an edge-detected data set of voxels that characterize a boundary of the tubular structure according to a three-dimensional voxel data set for the tubular structure. A gradient field of a distance transformation is computed for the edge-detected dataset. A voxel data set corresponding to a centerline of the tubular structure is computed according to derivative of gradient field. A trajectory within the tubular structure is computed based on the centerline.

Claim (Index 11):
The medium of  claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises iteratively adjusting a shape or position of the distal end portion of the steerable medical device as the distal end portion traverses the curved path based on feedback representing a current location of distal tip and the computed trajectory.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2381
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15883626', '12673089', '12542014', '12200075', '14642467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3196693810960913
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5442309891824146
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3421255419047236
- Mean Citation Score: 249.054142
- Max Citation Score: 379.68262
- Similarity Product: 262.9030555223012

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