PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921024
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "057000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a prosthetic finger assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a coupling tip and a distal ring coupled with the coupling tip. The assembly further includes a proximal ring coupled with the distal ring. A rocker formed in a Y-shape with a first end forming a single prong and a second end forming a split prong may extend between the coupling tip and the proximal ring. The coupling tip, distal ring, proximal ring, and Y-shaped rocker may all be hingedly connected such that movements of the residual finger within the proximal ring and the distal articulate the distal ring together with the rocker to curl and bend the coupling tip. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of fitting a customized prosthetic finger having a proximal ring configured to anchor to a patient's residual finger, the proximal ring containing one or more shim-retainment apertures, comprising:\n inserting the residual finger into an interior of the proximal ring of the prosthetic finger; assessing a tightness of the proximal ring about the residual finger; selecting a first shim having a first thickness from a plurality of shims configured to line the interior of the proximal ring, each of the shims including one or more retaining grommets; removing the prosthetic finger; inserting the first shim into the interior of the proximal ring such that the retaining grommets protrude through the shim-retainment apertures, thereby retaining the first shim within the interior of the proximal ring; and reinserting the residual finger.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14286
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15596832', '15590684', '15013891', '15013846', '15830926']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8052400179030379
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5213626414035148
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7768522802530856
- Mean Citation Score: 370.590606
- Max Citation Score: 393.32797
- Similarity Product: 304.5546829839337

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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