PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102302
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["607", "116000"]

Abstract:
Architectures for implantable stimulators having N electrodes are disclosed. The architectures contains X current sources, or DACs. In a single anode/multiple cathode design, one of the electrodes is designated as the anode, and up to X of the electrodes can be designated as cathodes and independently controlled by one of the X DACs, allowing complex patient therapy and current steering between electrodes. The design uses at least X decoupling capacitors: X capacitors in the X cathode paths, or one in the anode path and X−1 in the X cathode paths. In a multiple anode/multiple cathode design having X DACs, a total of X−1 decoupling capacitors are needed. Because the number of DACs X can typically be much less than the total number of electrodes (N), these architectures minimize the number of decoupling capacitors which saves space, and ensures no DC current injection even during current steering.

Claim (Index 12):
The device of  claim 10 , wherein one of the X\u22121 capacitors is placed in each of the first current paths such that only one of the second current paths does not include a capacitor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06329
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15468336', '13745339', '14728420', '15675458', '13012279']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6825301409878337
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5825820242529175
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6725353293143421
- Mean Citation Score: 371.9895780000001
- Max Citation Score: 524.15027
- Similarity Product: 406.05030291059495

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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