PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993277
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["623", "017110"]

Abstract:
A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including a sacrum, an ilium, and a sacroiliac joint space defined therebetween. The method may include: approaching a posterior aspect of the sacroiliac joint space with a joint implant including a body extending a length between a distal end and a proximal end; and delivering the joint implant into the sacroiliac joint space such that the joint implant passes through an access region defined between the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior inferior iliac spine. The joint implant may be oriented in the sacroiliac joint space such that a portion of the body of the joint implant is positioned within a joint plane of the sacroiliac joint space, and such that the distal end of the joint implant is positioned posteriorly of an anterior boundary of the sacroiliac joint space.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the body defines a generally planar member having a generally rectangular configuration, the body comprises a sacral face extending along the length, an iliac face extending along the length that is opposite the sacral face, a width between the sacral face and the iliac face being about a width of an implant receiving space formed between the sacrum and the ilium, a top surface extending between the sacral face and iliac face and extending along the length, a bottom surface opposite the top surface and extending between the sacral face and iliac face and extending along the length, and a height between the top surface and bottom surface being substantially greater than the width and being about the height of an implant receiving space formed between the sacrum and the ilium, the height of the implant receiving space extending generally within the joint plane of the sacroiliac joint space and being generally perpendicular to the width of the implant receiving space, the length extending generally within the joint plane of the sacroiliac joint space when positioned within the joint plane of the sacroiliac joint space and being generally perpendicular to both the width and the height and being substantially greater than both the width and the height.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51724
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15828677', '15789515', '13946790', '15831589', '14344876']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8737396156165574
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6600235784742353
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8523680119023251
- Mean Citation Score: 637.1368920000001
- Max Citation Score: 679.413
- Similarity Product: 675.5486124318837

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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