PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862452
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["607", "044000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for treating hypertension, e.g., via a pulsed electric field, via a stimulation electric field, via localized drug delivery, via high frequency ultrasound, via thermal techniques, etc. Such 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, neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such neuromodulation is performed in a bilateral fashion. Bilateral renal neuromodulation may provide enhanced therapeutic effect in some patients as compared to renal neuromodulation performed unilaterally, i.e., as compared to renal neuromodulation performed on neural tissue innervating a single kidney.

Claim (Index 24):
The method of  claim 21  wherein:\n attenuating neural communication along the renal nerves innervating the first kidney comprises partially ablating the renal nerves innervating the first kidney via RF energy from the first electrodes; and \n attenuating neural communication along the renal nerves innervating the second kidney comprises partially ablating the renal nerves innervating the second kidney via RF energy from the second electrodes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67857
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14034434', '13898830', '14259992', '15466594', '14549229']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.749702569327616
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.610462920218906
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.735778604416745
- Mean Citation Score: 602.7463720000002
- Max Citation Score: 622.4202
- Similarity Product: 505.5093993271352

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

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