PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16159748
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["601", "003000"]

Abstract:
One aspect of the present disclosure relates a system that can quickly and reversibly block conduction in a nerve. The system can include a first nerve block modality that provides heat to the nerve to block conduction in the nerve. For example, the heat can provide the quick nerve block. The system can also include a second nerve block modality that provides an electrical signal to the nerve to block the conduction in the nerve. For example, the electrical signal can provide the reversibility. In some instances, the heat can be provided by an infrared light signal and the electrical signal can be provided by a kilohertz frequency alternating current (KHFAC) signal or a direct current (DC) signal.

Claim (Index 15):
A neural prosthetic device, comprising:\n an optrode that provides heat to a nerve causing the spasticity to block conduction in a nerve; and an electrode that provides an electrical signal to the nerve to block the conduction in the nerve, wherein the heat is provided to the nerve to block conduction in the nerve during an onset response of the electrical signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38182
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15344959', '14101022', '14597137', '14100998', '12070361']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6409612091763073
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4484264260583058
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6217077308645071
- Mean Citation Score: 156.992058
- Max Citation Score: 167.66856
- Similarity Product: 141.03307768275263

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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