PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979182
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["601", "004000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.

Claim (Index 9):
A device for generating shock waves for treating a calcified lesion within a blood vessel or calcified aortic valve comprising:\n an elongated support; a fluid fillable chamber mounted on the support; a first wire extending along the support and into the chamber, wherein the distal end of the first wire defines a first electrode of a first pair of electrodes, there being at least two pairs of electrodes extending along support and wherein a second wire extends along the support and into the chamber, wherein the distal end of the second wire defines the second electrode in a second pair of electrodes, and wherein one electrode in each pair has a surface area greater than the surface area of the other electrode in the pair, with the electrode pairs being arranged such that when a high voltage pulse is applied to the proximal ends of the first and second wires, arcs are generated in the fluid adjacent each electrode pair whereby a series connection is defined between the first and second wires and the intermediate electrode pairs, with a shock wave being generated from each electrode pair.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91892
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13534658', '14271342', '15474885', '15729238', '15018160']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6593275996729072
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.588419213142561
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6522367610198726
- Mean Citation Score: 431.481992
- Max Citation Score: 503.74612
- Similarity Product: 465.5592508032751

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

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