PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16262332
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
An ablation electrode is mounted on the distal end of a catheter with a first portion inside and a second portion outside the catheter. The second portion is adapted to have a surface that makes maximum contact with a tissue to be ablated, leaving a minimum area not covered by the tissue and potentially exposed to blood. The first portion is adapted to provide an extended surface area for efficient exchange of heat with a coolant flowing inside the catheter. Outlets provided near the area not covered by the tissue in the second portion prevents blood from getting close to or come directly in contact with the area, thereby greatly reducing formation of dangerous blood clots. The minimizing of an electrical circuit through blood greatly reduces wasted power into the electrode so that the efficiently cooled electrode is not burdened. The catheter preferably has multiple electrodes with similar features.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 16 , wherein at least 50 percent of a total RF energy that passes out of the catheter through the electrode during ablation of the cardiovascular tissue passes through the tissue to be ablated.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82558
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12173794', '14535532', '10452550', '11646270', '12389991']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7874118609820582
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5396712491842235
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7626377998022748
- Mean Citation Score: 354.027488
- Max Citation Score: 450.61877
- Similarity Product: 296.7292977771062

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

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