PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862400
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "027000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue with energy such as ultrasound energy are disclosed. In various embodiments, ultrasound energy is applied at a region of interest to affect tissue by cutting, ablating, micro-ablating, coagulating, or otherwise affecting the subcutaneous tissue to conduct numerous procedures that are traditionally done invasively in a non-invasive manner. Lifting sagging tissue on a face, neck, and/or body are described. Treatment with heat is provided in several embodiments.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of treating sagging skin, comprising:\n providing a probe that emits ultrasound energy; coupling the probe to a skin surface over a region comprising subcutaneous fat, muscle, and connective tissue; and delivering therapeutic ultrasound energy to the region at a treatment frequency of between 4 MHz and 15 MHz, wherein the therapeutic ultrasound energy thermally treats at least one of the group consisting of subcutaneous fat, muscle, and connective tissue at a specific depth under the skin surface to reduce skin sagging.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14554571', '14740092', '15248454', '13494856', '13835635']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8243092639824275
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.54895792932765
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7967741305169498
- Mean Citation Score: 443.022476
- Max Citation Score: 445.0751
- Similarity Product: 429.72743576873535

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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