PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16153376
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["607", "044000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for monopolar neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field. Such monopolar neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, monopolar neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such monopolar neuromodulation is performed bilaterally.

Claim (Index 37):
The method of  claim 26  wherein delivering the electric field and attenuating neural communication along the renal nerves further results in a therapeutically beneficial reduction in sympathetic overactivity of the patient.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47368
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14611651', '15231517', '15623428', '14548810', '15075789']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7386545002835433
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5946637387425511
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7242554241294441
- Mean Citation Score: 552.5993139999998
- Max Citation Score: 580.3829
- Similarity Product: 464.7286791627287

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