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 8):
The method of  claim 2 , wherein the joint implant is implanted in a caudal region of the sacroiliac joint space.

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): 0.874557077282728
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6554491595402657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8526462855084818
- Mean Citation Score: 637.1368920000001
- Max Citation Score: 679.413
- Similarity Product: 661.1013201254011

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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