PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969059
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "003270"]

Abstract:
There is disclosed apparatus and methods for providing a reserve power source for a ventricular assist device. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a primary power source for powering the device, and a controller housing having a reserve battery for powering the device when the primary power source provides inadequate power, and the controller housing configured for use externally of the patient with a percutaneous cable to the device. In another embodiment, a method includes powering the device with a primary power source, monitoring power provided to the device, powering the device when the power is monitored as inadequate to the device with a reserve power source disposed within a controller housing, the device disposed subcutaneously within a patient, the controller housing disposed externally of the patient, and the device and the controller housing connected by a percutaneous cable. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 19):
A method in accordance with  claim 18 , further comprising operating the ventricular assist device with the controller housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.85455
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12602914', '14786242', '13894284', '15405210', '15788560']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.746556029999928
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5094886827221793
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7228492952721531
- Mean Citation Score: 199.346482
- Max Citation Score: 341.4801
- Similarity Product: 232.4460753767431

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

Dataset: test