PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16250885
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["381", "315000"]

Abstract:
In a hearing aid ( 26 ) that can be inserted into the ear canal ( 12 ) of a patient, comprising an actuator ( 31 ) effecting a mechanical stimulation of the tympanic membrane ( 14 ), the actuator ( 31 ) comprises an inner surface ( 32 ) associated with the tympanic membrane ( 14 ) and an outer surface ( 42 ) associated with the ear canal ( 12 ) and is configured as an areal disk actuator, whose deformation stimulates the tympanic membrane ( 14 ) by areal deformation. On the actuator ( 31 ) at a distance from the outer surface ( 42 ) a cover plate ( 43 ) is arranged which together with the outer surface ( 42 ) delimits a preferably lenticular cavity ( 48 ).

Claim (Index 36):
A hearing aid system comprising a hearing aid associated with a supply module, wherein the hearing aid is configured to be inserted into an ear canal of a patient, comprising an actuator that effects a mechanical stimulation of the tympanic membrane, wherein the actuator comprises an inner surface associated with the tympanic membrane and an outer surface associated with the ear canal, the actuator being configured as an areal disk actuator, whose deformation stimulates the tympanic membrane by areal deformation; wherein the hearing aid is further configured to remain fixed at the tympanic membrane by the adhesive forces between the tympanic membrane and the actuator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20635
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15107888', '11619693', '13487597', '14513156', '09475923']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7217218746994667
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5636520650337191
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.705914893732892
- Mean Citation Score: 319.18597000000005
- Max Citation Score: 445.3913
- Similarity Product: 401.4059379410864

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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