PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16299994
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["381", "315000"]

Abstract:
A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna. The at-the-head part is adapted for providing the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at least one cochlear electrode. The at least one cochlear electrode is adapted for converting the low frequency signal comprising audio to an output signal perceivable by a user as sound. The coupling element comprises an electrically conducting element coupled to the wireless interface. The electrically conducting element is at least a part of the second antenna and adapted for transferring the signal comprising audio at a low frequency from the behind-the-ear part to the at-the-head part and for transmitting and/or receiving high frequency signals via the second antenna.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for a wireless receiving and/or sending of data in a hearing device comprising\n a coupling element coupling a behind-the-ear part and an at-the-head part of the hearing device, the coupling element comprising an electrically conducting element configured to transfer a low frequency signal comprising audio from the behind-the-ear part to the at-the-head part, the at-the-head part including an inductive coupler adapted to inductively communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for converting the low frequency signal comprising audio to an output signal receivable by a user as sound, and a dipole antenna for communicating at high frequency with an external unit, the electrically conducting element be configured to act as a first antenna part of the dipole antenna, the dipole antenna including a second antenna part arranged in a hook of the behind-the-ear part, and a wireless interface for receiving and/or sending data via a high frequency carrier signal via the dipole antenna, and the method comprising the steps of:\n providing the electrically conducting element in the coupling element, \n arranging the behind-the-ear part at an ear of a user of the hearing device, \n arranging the at-the-head part at the head of the user, \n arranging the at least one cochlear electrode in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user, \n receiving and/or sending data via said electrically conducting element serving as part of the dipole antenna, \n providing that the coupling element transmits the signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part, and \n providing that the inductive coupler of the at-the-head part inductively communicate with the implant part in order to provide the signal comprising audio to the cochlear electrode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.53947
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15991657', '15179042', '16027065', '15857136', '15455081']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6814459133172285
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5798851842338637
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6712898404088921
- Mean Citation Score: 358.569156
- Max Citation Score: 456.88443
- Similarity Product: 447.21266761575936

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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