PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15982537
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "020000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for treating conditions such as rhinitis are disclosed herein where a distal end of a probe shaft is introduced through the nasal cavity where the distal end has an end effector with a first configuration having a low-profile which is shaped to manipulate tissue within the nasal cavity. The distal end may be positioned into proximity of a tissue region having a post nasal nerve associated with a middle or inferior nasal turbinate. Once suitably positioned, the distal end may be reconfigured from the first configuration to a second configuration which is shaped to contact and follow the tissue region and the post nasal nerve may then be ablated via the distal end. Ablation may be performed using various mechanisms, such as cryotherapy, and optionally under direct visualization.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 11 , further comprising measuring energy-based treatment delivery using a thermocouple disposed in a vicinity of the treatment delivery portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15242398', '15242362', '14503060', '15693216', '14808690']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8849376467336983
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.604826825471941
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8569265646075227
- Mean Citation Score: 617.0989660000001
- Max Citation Score: 685.8705
- Similarity Product: 427.91864962470527

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

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