PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885652
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "013000"]

Abstract:
Devices and methods that regulate the innervation of the kidney by detection and modification of the aorticorenal ganglion. Devices for percutaneous detection and treatment of the aorticorenal ganglion via a blood vessel to modify renal sympathetic activity.

Claim (Index 21):
An apparatus to permanently modify tissue of an aorticorenal ganglion located in an abdominal region of a human, wherein the aorticorenal ganglion is coupled to but separate from a renal plexus, the apparatus comprising:\n a catheter system to insert into a location in a body lumen located in the abdominal region of the human, near which the aorticorenal ganglion is thought to exist, the catheter system comprising:\n a plurality of electrical stimulation element elements; \n a physiological measurement element; and \n a plurality of aorticorenal ganglion modification element elements, each co-located with a corresponding one of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements; \n a control box in electronic communication with said catheter system, said control box to:\n activate a first of the plurality of electrical stimulation element elements when the catheter system is inserted into the location in the body lumen, the activated first of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements to stimulate the aorticorenal ganglion when the aorticorenal ganglion is located adjacent the body lumen, near the first of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements, without resulting in a permanent modification of tissue of the aorticorenal ganglion and/or a permanent decrease of kidney nerve activity; \n measure with activate the physiological measurement element to measure a first physiological response in the human in response to activation of the first of the plurality of electrical stimulation element elements, the first physiological response change indicating the aorticorenal ganglion is not near the first of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements located adjacent the body lumen; and \n activate a second of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements when the catheter system is inserted into the location in the body lumen, the activated second of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements to stimulate the aorticorenal ganglion when the aorticorenal ganglion is near the second of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements, without resulting in a permanent modification of tissue of the aorticorenal ganglion and/or a permanent decrease of kidney nerve activity;\n measure with the physiological measurement element a second physiological response in the human in response to activation of the second of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements, the second physiological response indicating the aorticorenal ganglion is near the second of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements; \n activate a second of the plurality of aorticorenal ganglion modification element elements co-located with the second of the plurality of electrical stimulation elements, while the catheter system remains inserted into the location in the body lumen, to modify the aorticorenal ganglion in response to the physiological measurement element measuring the first second physiological response in the human, resulting in the permanent modification of tissue of the aorticorenal ganglion and/or the permanent decrease of kidney nerve activity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.44444
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14269001', '15195998', '14691553', '14241061', '14247244']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7589177609347688
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.607347377648323
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7437607226061242
- Mean Citation Score: 340.862094
- Max Citation Score: 563.12146
- Similarity Product: 546.5190392542456

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

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