PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963709
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["600", "301000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for the treatment of Sleep Apnea events and Hypopnea episodes wherein one embodiment comprises a wearable, belt like apparatus containing a microphone and a plethysmograph. The microphone and plethysmograph generate signals that are representative of physiological aspects of respiration, and the signals are transferred to an imbedded computer. The embedded computer extracts the sound of breathing and the sound of the heart beat by Digital Signal Processing techniques. The embedded computer has elements for determining when respiration parameters falls out of defined boundaries for said respiration parameters. This exemplary method provides real-time detection of the onset of a Sleep Apnea event or Hypopnea episode and supplies stimulation signals upon the determination of a Sleep Apnea event or Hypopnea episode to initiate an inhalation. In one embodiment, the stimulus is applied to the patient by a cutaneous rumble effects actuator and/or audio effects broadcasting.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for treating a breathing disorder comprising:\n processing information from a sensor capable of detecting physiologic signals to detect patterns and abnormalities of respiration of a patient; and delivering a personalized, tailored stimulus based on a physiologic state of the patient at a particular moment in time to the patient via a patient stimulator; wherein the personalized, tailored stimulus has attributes comprising modifiable attributes including a spectral content and a duration; wherein the personalized, tailored stimulus is delivered via a sense of the human body; and wherein the modifiable attributes and timing of the personalized, tailored stimulus are chosen based on the physiologic state of the patient at the moment the stimulus is needed to elicit a desired physiologic response comprising initiation of inhalation while avoiding or mitigating an undesired physiologic response comprising frank awakening and EEG-determined cortical arousal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77273
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14077524', '10920675', '13867778', '10419404', '10883857']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4860699938854795
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4815070698455762
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4856137014814892
- Mean Citation Score: 222.041026
- Max Citation Score: 227.6643
- Similarity Product: 164.76902353277202

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

Dataset: test