PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118151
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["607", "046000"]

Abstract:
This invention provides a device for implantation directly into the spinal cord for the purpose of treating back pain. Electrodes on a backing that conforms directly to the spinal cord are installed as a source of electrical stimulation and pain relief. The floating electrodes can be flexibly mounted to the substrate such that when the electrode array is implanted into the subject, individual electrodes float or move resiliently relative to the substrate to an extent sufficient to accommodate pulsations of the surface of the spinal cord within the dura.

Claim (Index 6):
A method for inhibiting transmission of deleterious nerve signals through the spinal cord of a subject in need thereof,\n wherein the subject has been implanted with an electrode assembly such that electrodes of the electrode assembly are positioned between the surface of the subject's spinal cord and the dura mater that surrounds the spinal cord so as not to obstruct flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the subdural space that surrounds the spinal cord; wherein the method comprises applying to the spinal cord by way of the electrode assembly an electrical stimulus that pulses or alternates with a frequency at or above 200 Hertz, thereby inhibiting transmission of the deleterious nerve signals through the subject's spinal cord.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437803', '15004515', '14375781', '15191214', '14375785']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7047055672519537
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5718722686129462
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.691422237388053
- Mean Citation Score: 387.506018
- Max Citation Score: 450.12805
- Similarity Product: 363.4076257133603

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

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