PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15973472
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["607", "101000"]

Abstract:
A radio frequency annular phased array hyperthermia system providing a heated focal zone with a diameter of 3 cm or less in a tissue mass includes a plurality of at least 42 radio frequency energy applicators in three rings adapted to surround the tissue mass. A bolus having a dielectric constant is positioned between the energy applicators and the tissue mass. The energy applicators operate at a frequency of at least about 900 MHz. to create the heated focal zone. The circumferential spacing between adjacent applicators in each ring is less than a critical distance and spacing between adjacent side by side rings is also less than a critical distance with such critical distances being interdependent on the frequency of the energy radiated, the dielectric constant of the bolus, the size of the bolus, and the size of the tissue mass.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of producing a heated focal zone of a desired size of about 3 cm or less in a selected position in a human brain tissue mass, according to  claim 12 , wherein the human brain tissue mass has a diseased tissue region therein in a diseased tissue location, wherein heating of the diseased tissue in the diseased tissue region is thought to be beneficial, wherein the selected position for the heated focal zone is the diseased tissue location, and wherein the radio frequency energy radiator applicators are operated to produce the heated focal zone in the diseased tissue location to thereby heat the diseased tissue in the diseased tissue location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12857
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14706909', '12154808', '13543611', '12646729', '12755185']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6908787908114947
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5596755250509734
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6777584642354426
- Mean Citation Score: 313.43819
- Max Citation Score: 496.89935
- Similarity Product: 319.44029755656123

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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