PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917194
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "032000"]

Abstract:
A percutaneous catheter system for use within the human body and an ablation catheter for ablating a selected tissue region within the body of a subject. The percutaneous catheter system can include two catheters that are operatively coupled to one another by magnetic coupling through a tissue structure. The ablation catheter can include electrodes positioned within a central portion. The ablation catheter is positioned such that the central portion of a flexible shaft at least partially surrounds the selected tissue region. Each electrode of the ablation catheter can be activated independently to apply ablative energy to the selected tissue region. The ablation catheter can employ high impedance structures to change the current density at specific points. Methods of puncturing through a tissue structure using the percutaneous catheter system are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for ablating a selected tissue region using the ablation catheter.

Claim (Index 1):
A method, comprising:\n positioning a catheter external to a heart of a subject, such that a central portion of the catheter at least partially encircles the left pulmonary veins and the right pulmonary veins of the heart, the central portion of the catheter including a set of electrodes; and delivering electrical energy to at least a portion of the left atrium of the heart using two or more electrodes of the set of electrodes, the portion of the left atrium including: a first wall portion of the left atrium; the endocardial space of the left atrium; and a second wall portion of the left atrium.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08219
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14400455', '15283667', '12116753', '11747862', '10233158']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8231704316045554
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5743813573708079
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7982915241811807
- Mean Citation Score: 395.971564
- Max Citation Score: 545.428
- Similarity Product: 454.7515429928303

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

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