PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179858
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["439", "669000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods pertaining to medical lead connectors. According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, disclosed is a lead connector that may include a base member; a flexible circuit disposed on the base member and including a plurality of electrical contacts; a plurality of contacts positioned to allow contact between a lead inserted into the lead connector and the plurality of contacts and between the plurality of contacts and the plurality of electrical contacts of the flexible circuit; and a casing that includes a bottom casing and a cover member. When a lead is inserted into the lead connector via an opening on the cover member, the lead may push against the plurality of contacts, electrically coupling the lead to the flexible circuit via the plurality of contacts and the plurality of electrical contacts of the flexible circuit.

Claim (Index 8):
A method of using a lead connector for medical purposes comprising:\n inserting a lead into an opening of the lead connector, the lead connector comprising:\n a base member; \n a flexible circuit supporting electrical connections; \n a plurality of contact housings mounted on the flexible circuit; \n a plurality of rotatable contacts mounted at least partially within the plurality of contact housings, wherein the plurality of contact housings are positioned to allow contact between a lead inserted into the lead connector and the plurality of rotatable contacts and between the contacts and the plurality of electrical contacts of the flexible circuit; and \n a casing comprising a bottom casing and a detachable cover member to be placed on top of the bottom casing, wherein the bottom casing comprises an array of receptacles at least partially open to and aligned with the contacts, and wherein the cover member comprises an opening to receive the lead; \n placing the lead into the slot opening on the lead connector till the lead pushes down on the plurality of rotatable contacts, wherein the lead has an array of electrical contacts; and aligning the lead with the plurality of rotatable contacts, such that a given electrical contact of the lead is positioned to touch a corresponding rotatable contact.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81481
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15980533', '15640419', '15181307', '11623394', '13655874']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7588631189935146
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5231193478046285
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7352887418746259
- Mean Citation Score: 236.61384
- Max Citation Score: 365.8334
- Similarity Product: 321.2138784664988

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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