PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15973502
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["607", "116000"]

Abstract:
A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ways. The shield may be terminated by butt, scarf, lap, or other joints between insulation layers surrounding the lead and an insulation extension. For lap joints, a portion of an outer insulation layer may be removed and a replacement outer insulation layer is positioned in place of the removed outer insulation layer, where the replacement layer extends beyond an inner insulation layer and the shield. The replacement layer may also lap onto a portion of the insulation extension. Barbs may be located between the replacement layer and the inner insulation layer or the insulation extension. The shield wires have ends at the termination point that may be folded over individually or may be capped with a ring located within one of the insulation layers of the jacket.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of terminating an electrically conductive shield within an outermost jacket of an implantable medical lead, comprising:\n providing the electrically conductive shield between an inner insulation layer of the outermost jacket and an outermost insulation layer of the jacket, the outermost insulation layer being in direct contact with the electrically conductive shield, the electrically conductive shield terminating by a blunt end of the outermost insulation layer, the outermost insulation layer being outermost at the blunt end and being outermost where in direct contact with the electrically conductive shield; and bonding an insulation extension directly onto the blunt end of the outermost insulation layer, wherein the shield comprises a plurality of wires, each wire of the plurality having an end at the shield termination, the method further comprising folding over the end of each wire of the plurality individually.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35938
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13264179', '14336803', '13265313', '15252677', '13265098']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8091053035989001
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6505099430850635
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7932457675475164
- Mean Citation Score: 635.5574899999998
- Max Citation Score: 686.83093
- Similarity Product: 626.1782802211178

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

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