PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866883
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["607", "042000"]

Abstract:
A method for controlling a position of a patient's tongue includes attaching at least one electrode to the patient's Hypoglossal nerve and applying an electric signal through the electrode to at least one targeted motor efferent located within the Hypoglossal nerve to stimulate at least one muscle of the tongue. Methods may also include the use of more than one contact to target more than one motor efferent and stimulating more than one muscle. The stimulation load to maintain the position of the tongue may be shared by each muscle. The position of the patient's tongue may be controlled in order to prevent obstructive sleep apnea.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the electric signal is applied for a predetermined duration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91525
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14260334', '14682515', '12572758', '13847223', '15062250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8052303587568691
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5579444268964766
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7805017655708298
- Mean Citation Score: 556.5997199999998
- Max Citation Score: 564.1685
- Similarity Product: 331.5810674027801

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

Dataset: test