PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15950503
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "075000"]

Abstract:
An implant for stabilizing two separated bone portions relative to each other an implant includes a peg, a bridge assembly and a securing element. The peg and bridge assembly include at least two peg portions and a bridge portion, wherein the bridge portion is arranged between the peg portions and wherein the peg and bridge portions are rigidly connected. The peg and bridge assembly is positioned relative to the bone portions such that one peg portion extends into the bone tissue of each one of the bone portions and the bridge portion extends across the gap separating the bone portions. The securing element is anchored in the bone tissue of one of the bone portions, its proximal end extending through an opening in an assembly portion extending parallel to a bone surface or across a notch in a proximal edge of an assembly portion.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for stabilizing, in a human or animal patient, at least two bone portions relative to each other, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an implant comprising at least two peg portions and a bridge portion and further comprising at least one securing element, wherein the peg portions are formed by sheet material and the bridge portion is formed by sheet material, wherein the peg portions and the bridge portion are assembled or in situ assemblable to form a substantially rigid peg and bridge member, in which the bridge portion extends between the peg portions, and wherein the securing element comprises a material having thermoplastic properties, preliminarily stabilizing the bone portions in a desired position relative to each other, preparing the bone portions for implantation, positioning the peg and bridge member relative to the bone portions such that the bridge portion bridges a gap separating the at least two bone portions, wherein the bridge portion is positioned in bone tissue, and such that at least one peg portion extends into bone tissue of each one of the bone portions, positioning the securing element relative to the peg and bridge member, securing the positioned peg and bridge member by applying energy to the securing element for a time sufficient to liquefy at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties and making it to penetrate into the bone tissue and by letting the liquefied material re-solidify in the bone tissue to constitute a positive fit connection between the bone tissue and the securing element, and releasing the preliminary stabilization of the bone portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14233062', '13876331', '15402484', '14955314', '12711842']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7716881938264553
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5617511747620195
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7506944919200117
- Mean Citation Score: 297.54442
- Max Citation Score: 476.3193
- Similarity Product: 457.9092012849569

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

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