PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16379195
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "042000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure describes, among other embodiments, a catheter. The catheter may include an outer layer defining a plurality of apertures therethrough, and a body defining at least one longitudinal lumen therein. The body may be within the outer layer, and the apertures may be radially outward of the lumen. The catheter may also include a plurality of electrodes positioned in or on the catheter, with each electrode being electrically exposed through an aperture of the plurality of apertures. A ribbon cable may extend through the lumen and include a plurality of leads, with the plurality of leads being electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes. The plurality of leads and electrodes may be formed by the deposition of conductive inks or paints, or by the electrodeposition of copper or other conductive metals or materials.

Claim (Index 49):
A catheter, comprising:\n a tubular body having an outer surface and defining a plurality of lumens therein; and an electrical assembly helically disposed on the outer surface of the tubular body, the electrical assembly including:\n a flexible printed circuit including a plurality of metal leads and insulative material, wherein each of the metal leads is surrounded by the insulative material and separated from other of the metal leads by the insulative material; \n electrodes positioned on the flexible printed circuit, each electrode being electrically connected to a corresponding metal lead of the plurality of metal leads, the electrodes including a distal set of electrodes and a proximal set of electrodes; \n wherein the proximal set of electrodes are positioned on the tubular body to stimulate a left phrenic nerve, and the distal set of electrodes are positioned on the tubular body to stimulate a right phrenic nerve; a distance along the tubular body between any two electrodes of the proximal set of electrodes is less than a distance along the tubular body between a most distal electrode of the proximal set of electrodes and a most proximal electrode of the distal set of electrodes; at least one electrode of the proximal set of electrodes is at a different circumferential position of the tubular body, than at least one other electrode of the proximal set of electrodes; and at least one electrode of the distal set of electrodes is at a different circumferential position of the tubular body, than at least one other electrode of the distal set of electrodes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26154
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15606867', '14969266', '15370864', '14550485', '15273196']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.705717532833961
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5380447405311181
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6889502536036768
- Mean Citation Score: 331.2427380000001
- Max Citation Score: 410.33142
- Similarity Product: 348.9331096893596

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

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