PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16216342
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Surgical repair systems and techniques for plantar plate repairs. The surgical repair systems and methods reconstruct the plantar plate through a dorsal incision. The surgical repair system embodies a variety of instruments that provide visualization and access to the plantar plate using suture to complete the repair. The repair system may include some or all of the following instruments: a metatarsal head pusher employed in open surgical space, to move the “capital fragment” in a controlled manner; a suture retriever instrument and a suture retriever funnel (sleeve); a suture passer such as a Mini Scorpion DX and accompanying needle, or a variety of shaped Micro Suture Lassos; a measuring guide; and a small joint distractor.

Claim (Index 10):
The method as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the first k-wire is received within either a proximal passage or a distal passage of the first housing and the second k-wire is received within either a proximal passage or a distal passage of the second housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437079', '15018832', '13623837', '14543377', '15496632']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8354975840754512
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6222899476250033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8141768204304064
- Mean Citation Score: 422.100828
- Max Citation Score: 820.4889
- Similarity Product: 541.4867014753997

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

Dataset: test