PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980026
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "266000"]

Abstract:
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods of installing the same. The orthopedic fixation device may include a coupling element and a bone fastener, whereby the bone fastener can be loaded into the coupling element through the bottom of a bore in the coupling element.

Claim (Index 10):
An assembly for treating the spine comprising:\n a coupling element having a bore extending from a first end to a second end; a bone fastener having a spherical head and a shaft that extends from the head, wherein the head is configured for loading into the coupling element through the second end and the shaft is configured to be secured to bone; an elongate rod configured to extend through a portion of the coupling element; and a locking clamp assembly including a clamp element and a wedge element, the clamp element having a spherical outer surface, a spherical inner surface, a plurality of slits extending through the clamp element, and a rim extending transverse to the plurality of slits, wherein at least a portion of the outer surface is configured to engage an interior surface of the coupling element, and wherein at least a portion of the inner surface is configured to engage the spherical head of the bone fastener, and the wedge element comprises an upper portion in the form of a seat configured to receive the elongate rod and a lower portion configured to engage at least a portion of the spherical outer surface of the clamp element, wherein the bone fastener is configured to angulate relative to the coupling element, and wherein the rim is configured to limit rotational travel of the clamp element within the coupling element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14849736', '15645006', '14514796', '15964314', '15963242']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8364748361226291
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5605302074187807
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8088803732522443
- Mean Citation Score: 448.98395
- Max Citation Score: 479.46808
- Similarity Product: 464.5171105468845

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test