PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16054276
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["600", "443000"]

Abstract:
A method for acoustic tomography within a patient may include generating a focused ultrasonic signal using a transducer is provided; the ultrasonic signal forming a path within the patient. The method includes directing the ultrasonic signal on a spot within the patient; scanning the spot in a predetermined pattern about a volume within the patient; receiving an ultrasonic echo in the transducer; converting the ultrasonic echo into a voltage; selecting a frequency band from the voltage; amplifying the voltage in the selected frequency band with a processing circuit; and generating an image of the volume within the patient structure utilizing the amplified voltage. A method for recanalization of a blood vessel including the above acoustic tomography steps is also provided.

Claim (Index 2):
An intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging system, comprising:\n a catheter comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an IVUS transducer disposed at the distal portion, wherein the distal portion is configured to be positioned within a blood vessel comprising a plurality of anatomical layers each located at a different depth, wherein the IVUS transducer is configured to:\n emit an ultrasonic signal comprising a first frequency band into the plurality of anatomical layers; and \n receive an ultrasonic echo comprising the first frequency band; \n a first processor in communication with the IVUS transducer and configured to:\n receive an electrical signal representative of the ultrasonic echo comprising the first frequency band; \n select, based on a desired imaging depth, from among a plurality of second frequency bands of the ultrasonic echo, wherein each of the plurality of second frequency bands is a subset of the first frequency band; \n amplify the received electrical signal such that the ultrasonic echo is amplified in the selected second frequency band; and \n a different, second processor in communication with the first processor and configured to generate an IVUS image at the desired imaging depth based on the amplified ultrasonic echo in the selected second frequency band.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09677
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14149569', '14135185', '13892062', '14137304', '13892045']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4945069522296513
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5209511138916607
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4971513683958523
- Mean Citation Score: 280.37073
- Max Citation Score: 359.00803
- Similarity Product: 319.82202804917694

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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