PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915255
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "040000"]

Abstract:
A non-invasive method and device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in a patient are disclosed. The method calls for positioning electrodes, and applying electrical symmetrical bursts. In particular, positioning step requires positioning a plurality of electrodes in electrical contact with the skin of a target region of the abdomen of the patient. The application step calls for applying a series of electrical symmetrical bursts to said electrodes. That application step generates contractions of abdominal muscles thereby generating movements of a digestive system of said patient wherein said movements are for causing the content of the esophagus to return to the stomach and to relieve GERD symptoms of said patient.

Claim (Index 2):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising synchronizing said pulses with one or more body signals of the patient, wherein said one or more body signals are selected from the group consisting of: breathing, heart pulse, monotony movements and body position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88889
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15132270', '12300614', '13419255', '12864852', '15639590']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6323676191633452
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5639408990486808
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6255249471518787
- Mean Citation Score: 244.564692
- Max Citation Score: 453.53174
- Similarity Product: 438.07882553233145

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

Dataset: test