PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16197786
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["607", "002000"]

Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided for activating brown adipose tissue (BAT) using electrical energy. In general, the methods and devices can facilitate activation of BAT to increase thermogenesis. The BAT can be activated by applying an electrical signal thereto that can be configured to target sympathetic nerves that can directly innervate the BAT. The electrical signal can be configured to target the sympathetic nerves using fiber diameter selectivity. In other words, the electrical signal can be configured to activate nerve fibers having a first diameter without activating nerve fibers having diameters different than the first diameter. Sympathetic nerves include postganglionic unmyelinated, small diameter fibers, while parasympathetic nerves that can directly innervate BAT include preganglionic myelinated, larger diameter fibers. The electrical signal can be configured to target and activate the postganglionic unmyelinated, small diameter fibers without activating the preganglionic myelinated, larger diameter fibers.

Claim (Index 4):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the electrical signal has a peak current that is in a range of about 50 mA to 100 mA.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28986
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16108730', '14584066', '14584046', '14700611', '15585706']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6738945110438799
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5709469969765693
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6635997596371488
- Mean Citation Score: 382.987002
- Max Citation Score: 448.96066
- Similarity Product: 447.58270007712713

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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