PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16156551
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["381", "067000"]

Abstract:
In various embodiments, vibro-acoustic transducer arrangements in accordance herewith are optimized for sensing and transducing acoustic phenomena occurring within a patient's body, and manifesting themselves at the skin surface with frequencies ranging from 0.001 Hz to 10 kHz. Strategies for effectively coupling to the skin include judicious mismatching of mechanical impedance, the use of impedance-matching gels or liquids, a shaped (e.g., domed) pickup, material selection, and/or a peripheral leaf-spring arrangement permitting relative movement between inner and peripheral diaphragm portions. The spring stiffness or spring compliance of the leaf springs may be selectively chosen to optimize the frequency response of the sensor.

Claim (Index 35):
The sound transducer of  claim 32 , wherein the core is a rigid, closed-cell polymeric foam.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.31034
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15471812', '15471815', '16149525', '10747863', '12152397']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7147030214719321
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5248957078155178
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6957222901062907
- Mean Citation Score: 215.496922
- Max Citation Score: 283.5445
- Similarity Product: 146.2606693671346

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