PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051482
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["606", "279000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a surgical alignment and distraction frame and associated methods of use that facilitates correction of a sagittal imbalance. The alignment and distraction frame works in conjunction with pedicle screw installation guide assemblies to impart the desired correction. The alignment frame can be utilized to ensure the pedicle screw housings are aligned (to facilitate rod coupling) in concert with the completion of a correction maneuver.

Claim (Index 2):
A method of realigning spinal vertebrae and installing a spinal fixation construct, comprising the steps of:\n inserting a first shank of a first pedicle screw having an first adjustable housing into a first pedicle within a first vertebra; inserting a second shank of a second pedicle screw having an second adjustable housing into a pedicle second vertebra;\n connecting a first extension member to the housing of the first pedicle screw; \n connecting a second extension member to the second housing of the second pedicle screw; \n connecting the first extension member to a first location on a rack member using a first rotatable coupler, the first rotatable coupler including a first indicating mechanism for indicating a relative alignment of the first extension member relative to the rack member, connecting the second extension member to a second location on the frame member using a second rotatable coupler, the second rotatable coupler including a second indicating mechanism for indicating a relative alignment of the second extension member relative to the frame member, obtaining a first measurement from the first indicating mechanism and a second measurement from the second indicating mechanism; while preventing relative motion between the first shank and the first housing and between the second shank and the second housing, manipulating the first and second extension members to move the first and second vertebra to a first desired relative alignment and obtaining a third measurement from the first indicating mechanism and a fourth measurement from the second indicating mechanism; aligning the first and second extension members to a second relative alignment based on the first, second, third, and fourth measurements; locking the relative motion between the first shank and the first housing and between the second shank and the housing; manipulating the first and second members to move the first and second vertebra to the first desired relative alignment; and attaching a fixation rod between the first and second pedicle screws.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51064
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14214099', '15295783', '14510107', '12125612', '15440961']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.788193807499296
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.520054044416555
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7613798311910219
- Mean Citation Score: 296.07655
- Max Citation Score: 388.69904
- Similarity Product: 329.7107756918336

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

Dataset: test