PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916372
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["607", "062000"]

Abstract:
A flexible catheter includes two electrical contacts in a distal region of the catheter and a distal aperture of a hose line. The electrical contacts are connected to a high frequency pulse generator for applying pulsed radio frequency energy for nerve stimulation. A temperature sensor is located in the distal region of the catheter. The flexible catheter is inserted into a region in the spinal canal and the pulsed radio frequency generator is operated, thereby applying pulsed radio frequency energy to a localized region to be treated. The temperature at the distal region of the catheter can also be monitored, and the pulsed radio frequency energy is applied in dependence on the monitored temperature. With the catheter, pain and other medical conditions being related to and influenced by a nervous system are treated.

Claim (Index 1):
A stimulation system for applying pulsed radio frequency energy, said system comprising:\n a subcutaneously implantable flexible epidural catheter including\n a mantle having a first end that is a distal end and a proximal region that is longitudinally apart from said distal end, \n at least first and second electrical contacts that are connected to said mantle and that have electrical leads that are encased by said mantle and said first and second electrical contacts, \n a temperature sensor that is encased by said mantle and at least one of said first and second electrical contacts, said temperature sensor being responsive to temperature of at least one of said first and second electrical contacts, and \n a casing that is secured to said mantle at a location in the proximal region of said mantle, wherein said casing includes a sending and receiving coil that is connected to a transducer, said transducer being adapted to measure electrical potentials, currents and/or voltages; and \n an external device that includes an antenna that cooperates with said sending and receiving coil that is connected to said transducer, wherein said external device can be connected to a pulse generator to provide pulsed radio frequency electrical current to said first and second electrical contacts via said external device and said casing, wherein said transducer continuously measures temperature that is sensed by said temperature sensor and transmits the temperature measurement to said pulse generator, said pulse generator being configured to automatically switch off or temporarily suppress the pulsed radio frequency electrical current in response to a temperature measurement that exceeds an upper temperature limit of 42\u00b0 C.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.18462
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10844639', '14865183', '11049247', '11813416', '15349785']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6789380926531
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.530593693083234
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6641036526961135
- Mean Citation Score: 305.770866
- Max Citation Score: 386.7043
- Similarity Product: 338.9869360009193

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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