PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16298784
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["607", "002000"]

Abstract:
Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.

Claim (Index 2):
A method of stimulating at least one nerve, the method comprising:\n inserting a lead structure into one or more blood vessels, the lead structure to receive stimulation signals from a signal generator outside of a body having the blood vessel, wherein the lead structure includes first electrodes and second electrodes; positioning the first electrodes in the one or more blood vessels and proximate a right phrenic nerve; positioning the second electrodes in the one or more blood vessels and proximate a left phrenic nerve; and during inspiration, stimulating at least one of the left phrenic nerve and the right phrenic nerve, via one or more electrodes of the first electrodes and the second electrodes in the one or more blood vessels, to assist in contracting a diaphragm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.38776
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14448734', '15408193', '14497858', '14792006', '12524571']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7694195298366888
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5763027957422134
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7501078564272412
- Mean Citation Score: 505.686244
- Max Citation Score: 509.78577
- Similarity Product: 446.45519146974215

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

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