PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958985
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "059000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for delivering neurostimulation therapies to patients for treating chronic heart failure. A computer-implemented control system is operated to automatically identify a neural fulcrum zone based on a monitored patient physiological response. Ongoing neurostimulation therapy is delivered within the neural fulcrum zone.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of operating an implantable medical device (IMD) comprising a neurostimulator coupled to an electrode assembly, the neurostimulator adapted to deliver a stimulation signal comprising an ON time and an OFF time, the method comprising:\n operating a control system to activate the IMD to deliver to the patient a plurality of stimulation signals at a first frequency, each stimulation signal having at least one parameter setting different than the parameter settings of the other stimulation signals in the plurality of stimulation signals; monitoring a baseline heart rate during the OFF time periods of each stimulation signal; monitoring a heart rate response during the ON time periods of each stimulation signal, the heart rate response comprising a percentage change from the baseline heart rate; comparing the percentage changes of the heart rate responses for the plurality of stimulation signals to a first threshold and a second threshold less than the first threshold; and delivering stimulation comprising one or more stimulation signals from the plurality of stimulations signals causing a percentage change of the heart rate response between the first and second thresholds.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.25641
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14262270', '15230023', '15236039', '14262289', '15600519']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6826961029037262
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6102951290881264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6754560055221662
- Mean Citation Score: 515.3303520000002
- Max Citation Score: 539.3025
- Similarity Product: 535.5362709599732

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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