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 1):
An orthopedic fixation device comprising:\n a coupling element, wherein the coupling element comprises a bore extending therethrough and an interior surface disposed about the bore; a bone fastener, wherein the bone fastener comprises a head and an extension that extends from the head, wherein the head is configured for loading into the coupling element through the bottom of the bore; and a locking clamp assembly, wherein the locking clamp assembly comprises:\n a 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 the interior surface of the coupling element, and wherein at least a portion of the inner surface is configured to engage the head of the bone fastener; and \n a wedge element, wherein the wedge element comprises a wedge bore configured to receive an upper portion of the clamp element and an inner wedge surface disposed around at least a lower portion of the wedge bore, wherein the inner wedge surface is configured to engage at least a portion of the outer surface of the clamp element, \n 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): 0.8361444938252108
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5618744056401134
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8087174850067012
- Mean Citation Score: 448.98395
- Max Citation Score: 479.46808
- Similarity Product: 472.347626284418

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

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