PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16178334
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["424", "236100"]

Abstract:
A method for treating an abnormality of the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot of a mammal includes electrically stimulating a site on each of the extensor hallucis brevis and adductor hallucis muscles of a foot of the mammal affected by the abnormality, and visually confirming that the stimulated muscles responds to the stimulation by contracting. An amount of botulinum toxin effective to treat the abnormality is then injected to the confirmed sites on the extensor hallucis brevis and the adductor hallucis muscles of the affected foot.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating an abnormality of the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot of a mammal comprising:\n electrically stimulating a first site, which is on the extensor hallucis brevis muscle of a foot of the mammal affected by the abnormality, and visually confirming that the stimulated extensor hallucis brevis muscle responds to the stimulating by contracting, electrically stimulating a second site, which is on the adductor hallucis muscle of a foot of the mammal affected by the abnormality, and visually confirming that the stimulated adductor hallucis muscle responds to the stimulating by contracting; and administering an amount of botulinum toxin effective to treat said abnormality via muscular injection to the first site on the extensor hallucis brevis muscle and the second site on the adductor hallucis muscle of the affected foot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83673
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15917492', '11056382', '11504198', '12748404', '14791389']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7098309287709286
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6836115301252537
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7072089889063611
- Mean Citation Score: 444.17166
- Max Citation Score: 839.7275400000003
- Similarity Product: 647.7790669045365

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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