PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15889070
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017110"]

Abstract:
Described herein are devices and methods for fusion of adjacent vertebral bones using distractor platforms for exposure and resection of at least a portion of a facet joint, such as in performance of a TLiF procedure. In one embodiment, the distractor platform contains at least a first receptacle and/or extension adapted to couple to the implanted screw/bone marker, and the method includes advancing a threaded segment of a bone fastener assembly into the identified first pedicle of the first vertebral bone, the bone fastener assembly further comprises a second segment adapted to couple with a distraction platform, which is adapted to concurrently attach onto at least one tissue retention blade, and retain the tissue retention blade in the displaced position. Stabilization of a spinal segment is also provided by advancing a substantially concave orthopedic implant through an opening made in a posterior aspect of a disc space.

Claim (Index 25):
A surgical system comprising:\n a retraction device configured to access an internal body space of a subject, the retraction device comprising:\n a body member comprising a top surface, an opposing bottom surface, a first front surface, an opposing first back surface, a first side surface, a second opposing side surface, and an internal cavity; \n a first arm member movably coupled to the first side surface of the body member and configured to rotate about a first axis relative to the body member; \n a second arm member movably coupled to the second opposing side surface of the body member and configured to rotate relative to the body member; \n a third arm member movably coupled at the front surface of the body member and configured to at least partly retract into the internal cavity; \n a handle coupled at the opposing back surface of the body member; and \n a coupling apparatus; and \n an articulating frame comprising:\n a first segment configured to be affixed to the coupling apparatus of the retraction device; and \n a second segment configured to be affixed to an operating room table; \n wherein the articulating frame is configured to: (i) transition from a first configuration to a second configuration, (ii) enable mobility between the body member of the tissue retraction device and the operating room table in the first configuration, and (iii) enable immobilization between the body member and the operating room table in the second configuration; and the third arm member is configured to be movable relative to the body member in each of the first configuration and the second configuration of the articulating frame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71429
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15620633', '14616439', '15162468', '13875228', '13357509']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9188288682100052
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5835430552583971
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8853002869148445
- Mean Citation Score: 472.696806
- Max Citation Score: 553.5688
- Similarity Product: 482.9991068398476

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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