PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956176
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. A method of installing an expandable fusion device may comprise introducing the expandable fusion device into an intervertebral space, wherein the expandable fusion device comprises a proximal end, a distal end, an anterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, and a posterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the expandable fusion device has an anterior height on the anterior side and a posterior height on the posterior side. The method may further comprise adjusting the anterior height of the expandable fusion device independently from adjustment of the posterior height. The method may further comprise adjusting the posterior height of the expandable fusion device.

Claim (Index 12):
An expandable fusion device comprising:\n a first endplate; a second endplate; a translation member assembly disposed at least partially between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the translation member assembly comprises: an anterior translation portion disposed on an anterior side of the expandable fusion device, wherein the anterior translation portion comprises one or more ramps; a posterior translation portion in engagement with the anterior translation portion, wherein the posterior translation portion is disposed on a posterior side of the expandable fusion device, wherein the posterior translation portion is slidable with respect to the anterior translation portion, wherein the posterior translation portion comprises one or more ramps; an anterior ramped end disposed on the anterior side of the expandable fusion device and at a proximal end of the expandable fusion device; and a posterior ramped end in engagement with the anterior ramped end, wherein the posterior ramped end is disposed on the posterior side of the expandable fusion device and at the proximal end of the expandable fusion device, wherein the posterior ramped end is slidable with respect to the anterior ramped end; a first actuation screw threaded through a bore in the anterior ramped end and engaging the anterior translation portion; and a second actuation screw threaded through a bore in the posterior ramped end and engaging the posterior translation portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83673
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15196231', '15601270', '14485041', '14449428', '15805605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.82117932923044
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6429287626263666
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8033542725700327
- Mean Citation Score: 422.252892
- Max Citation Score: 595.74677
- Similarity Product: 560.8786508602761

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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