PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15943492
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "044000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for spinal cord electrode placement and spinal cord stimulation their use for treatment of conditions such as obesity are disclosed. In one example approach, during placement of a spinal cord stimulating electrode in a target region of the brain of a patient, a temperature of brown adipose tissue may be monitored, e.g., via a supraclavicular temperature sensor implanted in the patient, and used to identify an optimal location of electrode stimulation which causes an increase in BAT temperature. Additionally, BAT temperature measurements may be used to provide regulated closed-loop control to increase efficiency of spinal cord stimulation while reducing energy consumption of the pulse generator. Further, core temperature measurements may be obtained from the electrode in the spinal cord and used to adjust spinal cord stimulation.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for placement of a spinal cord stimulation electrode and regulation of spinal cord stimulation in a patient, comprising:\n initially inserting a spinal cord stimulation electrode in a spinal cord region; delivering spinal cord stimulation directly via the spinal cord stimulation electrode directly to a first location in a target region of the spinal cord by positioning the spinal cord stimulation electrode in the first location in the target region in response to the initial insertion of the spinal cord stimulation electrode to the first location in the target region; receiving temperature measurements from a brown adipose tissue temperature sensor; in response to an increasing brown adipose tissue temperature condition, outputting an indication to secure the spinal cord stimulation electrode for delivery of spinal cord stimulation directly to the first location; and in response to a non-increasing brown adipose tissue temperature condition, outputting an indication to adjust the spinal cord stimulation electrode by positioning the spinal cord stimulation electrode in an adjusted location in the target region until an increasing brown adipose tissue temperature condition occurs during delivery of spinal cord stimulation directly to the adjusted location in the target region, and then outputting an indication to secure the spinal cord stimulation electrode for delivery of spinal cord stimulation directly to the adjusted location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89189
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15465461', '14641770', '12980659', '12774073', '14700611']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6758796424469328
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5434127873118726
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6626329569334267
- Mean Citation Score: 305.0967080000001
- Max Citation Score: 424.95523
- Similarity Product: 353.2167603413057

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

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