PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961495
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["439", "669000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments of this disclosure concern assembly of a lead having one or two modular lead ends. A modular lead end can be made by aligning a plurality of wires exposed on an end of a main lead body with a plurality of conductors exposed on an end of a lead end. The lead end may comprise a spine, the plurality of conductors circumferentially arrayed about the spine, and an outer surface comprising a plurality of exposed electrical elements and polymer material, the plurality of electrical elements arrayed on the spine and electrically connected with the plurality of conductors. The assembly can further include making electrical connections between the plurality of electrical wires and the plurality of conductors and insulating the plurality of wires and the plurality of conductors.

Claim (Index 1):
A modular lead end comprising:\n a spine formed from a polymer material and extending over a length from a proximal end thereof to a distal end thereof, the spine comprising a plurality paths extending lengthwise, and a plurality of projection sets spaced apart from one another along the length of the spine, each projection set including a plurality of outward extending projections spaced apart from one another around a periphery of the spine, and each path being formed between adjacent projections within each projection set; a plurality of electrical elements, each electrical element extending over, and being supported by a corresponding projection set of the spine so that an inner surface of each electrical element faces the corresponding projection set, the inner surface of each electrical element being terminated by an edge that defines an end of the corresponding electrical element; a plurality of conductors, each conductor extending within a respective path of the plurality of paths of the spine, and each conductor including a feature that projects outward from the corresponding path and abuts the edge of a corresponding electrical element; and a plurality of electrical connections, each connection comprising a weld between the feature of each conductor and the corresponding electrical element where the feature abuts the edge of the electrical element; and wherein a degree to which the feature of each conductor projects outward prevents movement of the feature past the edge and along the inner surface of the corresponding electrical element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38596
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15612121', '15226207', '14354422', '14354441', '15843941']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7503469465709025
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5539883415229747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7307110860661098
- Mean Citation Score: 321.298602
- Max Citation Score: 418.26355
- Similarity Product: 412.2114338802576

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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