PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872272
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["607", "048000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes systems, methods, devices for performing thought-controlled neuromuscular stimulation. Also described are methods for producing a neuromuscular stimulation cuff. The systems and methods generally relate to receiving and processing thought signals indicative of an intended action, and then delivering stimulation to effectuate the intended action through a neuromuscular stimulation cuff. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes a flexible printed circuit board having at least one finger and a plurality of electrogel discs disposed on the at least one finger. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing a layer of polyimide, etching a conductive copper circuit including a plurality of electrodes into the layer of polyimide to form an etched circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the etched circuit layer to form a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), and cutting at least one finger from the flexible PCB. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.

Claim (Index 25):
The method of  claim 21 , wherein the delivering of the neuromuscular stimulation to the patient further includes selectively delivering stimulation to at least one pair of electrodes within the neuromuscular stimulation cuff to effectuate the intended action.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03371
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15612894', '15190630', '15191020', '15191028', '14252273']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6402283167323923
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5240408516580706
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6286095702249602
- Mean Citation Score: 245.994898
- Max Citation Score: 325.84674
- Similarity Product: 211.81132722747088

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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