PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15904052
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "028000"]

Abstract:
An ablating element for use with an ablating system employable within a hollow anatomical region. The ablating element includes an elongated support body having a central axis; and, at least one thermocouple wrapped around the central body. The thermocouple provides a dual function of heating the anatomical region and measuring the temperature of the anatomical region. In a preferred embodiment a number of thermocouples are wrapped around the central body. The thermocouples are serially positioned along the central axis, thus defining segmented portions.

Claim (Index 2):
The ablating apparatus of  claim 1  wherein:\n a) said proximal balloon subsystem comprises:\n i) a proximal manifold configured to receive balloon inflating fluid; \n ii) a proximal balloon injection tube system attached to the proximal manifold for transmitting balloon inflating fluid; and, \n iii) said proximal balloon positionable to a selected first location within a blood vessel to be ablated, in fluid communication with said proximal balloon injection tube system; \n \n b) said distal balloon subsystem comprises:\n i) a distal manifold configured to receive balloon inflating fluid; \n ii) a distal balloon injection tube system attached to the distal manifold for transmitting balloon inflating fluid; and, \n iii) said distal balloon positionable to a selected second location within the blood vessel to be ablated, in fluid communication with said distal balloon injection tube system; \n \n c) said ablating subsystem comprises:\n i) an ablating manifold; \n ii) an ablating element tube system connected to said ablating manifold; \n iii) said ablating element operatively connected to a distal end of said ablating element tube system to ablate the blood vessel to be treated; and, \n iv) a temperature monitoring element operatively connected to a distal end of said ablating element tube system,\n wherein said distal balloon injection tube system is positioned within said ablating element tube system and within said ablating manifold; \n wherein said ablating element tube system is positioned within the proximal balloon injection tube system, \n wherein either said proximal manifold, the ablating manifold or both the proximal manifold and ablating manifold include an evacuation port configured to evacuate fluid within the blood vessel between the proximal balloon and distal balloon.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71698
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11217546', '11381372', '13092363', '12338376', '12336750']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8179796583743225
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4743577940843459
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7836174719453248
- Mean Citation Score: 248.417344
- Max Citation Score: 253.1543
- Similarity Product: 196.3410923256636

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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