PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16039234
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["604", "506000"]

Abstract:
An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple penetrators advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, nerve sensing, nerve stimulation, or ablation by application of energy. The catheter can include a proximal handle for the advancement of guide tubes and penetrators.

Claim (Index 18):
A method comprising:\n advancing into the vessel a catheter body of a catheter, the catheter comprising a proximal handle including an unlock mechanism and a longitudinal movement mechanism, the catheter comprising a distal portion including at least one guide tube having a distal end and at least one penetrator located coaxially within the at least one guide tube, the at least one guide tube being extendable away from the catheter body, the penetrator being extendable beyond the distal end of at least one guide tube; activating the unlock mechanism on the handle; operating the longitudinal movement mechanism to advance a preset distance at least one guide tube away from the catheter body until the distal end of the at least one guide tube is in proximity to an inside wall of a vessel; re-activating the unlock mechanism; operating the longitudinal movement mechanism to extend the at least one penetrator a preset distance beyond the distal end of at least one guide tube, causing the at least one penetrator to penetrate through the inside wall of the target vessel. attaching a fluid source to the catheter; and injecting fluid through the catheter injection lumen and out of the needle fluid egress into a volume of tissue outside of the inside wall of the vessel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.39655
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14063907', '14320085', '14266726', '14320093', '13342521']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7915741416061541
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4924963521531671
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7616663626608554
- Mean Citation Score: 257.13509400000004
- Max Citation Score: 284.61597
- Similarity Product: 236.30343401573185

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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