PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179966
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["606", "011000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing laser energy through a catheter towards a second end portion of the catheter. Based on a characteristic of the laser energy multiple types of ablation therapy may be implemented. A first ablation therapy is directed at the target site when the laser energy at the second end portion of the laser energy delivery system has a first characteristic. A second ablation therapy is directed at the target site when the laser energy at the second end portion of the laser energy delivery system has a second characteristic. The first ablation therapy may be an optical ablation therapy wherein the laser energy is directed at the target site as optical energy and the second ablation therapy may be a pressure wave ablation therapy wherein pressure waves are directed at the target site as pressure wave energy.

Claim (Index 1):
A catheter assembly for an ablation system, the catheter system receiving laser energy from a laser source, the catheter assembly comprising:\n a first transport member having a first proximal end and a first distal end surface; a second transport member disposed axially concentric relative to the first transport member, wherein second transport member has a second proximal end and a second distal end surface, the second distal end surface and the first distal end surface being unaligned; a coupler positioned proximate the first proximal end of the first transport member and the second proximal end of the second transport member, the coupler adapted to couple laser energy from the laser source into the first transport member and the second transport member; at least one transducer coupled to the first distal end surface of the first transport member and the second distal end surface of the second transport member, wherein the at least one transducer passes the laser energy out of the catheter assembly as optical energy when the laser energy has a first characteristic and converts the laser energy to pressure wave energy when the laser energy has a second characteristic.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.02
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14735946', '15246815', '14700576', '15359412', '13651070']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7414621786752899
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.522066606463311
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.719522621454092
- Mean Citation Score: 209.007358
- Max Citation Score: 385.74564
- Similarity Product: 379.7511512976121

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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