PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16134503
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
An irrigated ablation catheter includes a shaft and an electrode assembly affixed to a distal end of the shaft. The distal electrode assembly includes a manifold and an ablation electrode affixed together and extending along a center axis. The electrode has a distal irrigation passageway extending therethrough to an opening at a distal tip of the electrode. The opening of the irrigation passageway is offset in distance from the center axis, and allows a thermal sensor such as a thermocouple to be located in a sensor cavity in the electrode on or near the center axis. One variation involves providing a pair of distal irrigation passageways through the electrode where both of the openings of the passageways are offset from the center axis. The thermal sensor in this variation is located in the sensor cavity substantially on the center axis.

Claim (Index 36):
The assembly of  claim 35  wherein the manifold includes a main body having a proximal coupling portion configured for connection to the catheter shaft and a distal coupling portion configured for connection to the electrode, the manifold having distribution cavity in communication with an inlet for connection to a supply of irrigation fluid, the distribution cavity comprising a distal opening configured in size and shape to receive a pair of thermally insulated tubular elements associated with the first and second irrigation passageways.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12347270', '12971645', '12440866', '13706657', '14719616']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7968577891860273
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.527758730873123
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7699478833547369
- Mean Citation Score: 325.553492
- Max Citation Score: 422.33954000000006
- Similarity Product: 325.3311059189308

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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