PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911249
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["607", "044000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for reducing ventricle filling volume are disclosed. In some embodiments, a stimulation circuit may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to reduce ventricle filling volume or even blood pressure. When the heart is stimulated at a consistent rate to reduce blood pressure, the cardiovascular system may over time adapt to the stimulation and revert back to the higher blood pressure. In some embodiments, the stimulation pattern may be configured to be inconsistent such that the adaptation response of the heart is reduced or even prevented. In some embodiments, a stimulation circuit may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to cause at least a portion of an atrial contraction to occur while the atrioventricular valve is closed. Such an atrial contraction may deposit less blood into the corresponding ventricle than when the atrioventricular valve is opened throughout an atrial contraction.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for reducing blood pressure comprising:\n at least one stimulation electrode for stimulating at least one chamber of a heart of a patient with a stimulation pattern comprising at least one stimulation pulse; and at least one controller configured to:\n receive input relating to the patient's blood pressure; and \n adjust the stimulation pattern based on the blood pressure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05263
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15143742', '15492802', '15589134', '13826215', '14642952']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7756730015262278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6100109317117645
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7591067945447814
- Mean Citation Score: 516.270216
- Max Citation Score: 556.0066
- Similarity Product: 519.5648250690938

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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