PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926051
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "250000"]

Abstract:
Articulating implant connectors and related methods are disclosed herein. Exemplary connectors can include first and second bodies that are rotatable relative to one another about a rotation axis and selectively lockable to resist or prevent such rotation. Each of the bodies can be configured to couple to a rod or other fixation component, and the connector can be used to lock first and second rods together even when the rods are obliquely angled with respect to one another.

Claim (Index 28):
A connector, comprising:\n a first body that defines a first rod-receiving recess; a hinge pin extending laterally from the first body to a free end; a second body that defines a second rod-receiving recess, the second body having a cavity in which the free end of the hinge pin is received to couple the second body to the first body such that the first and second bodies rotate relative to one another about a rotation axis of the hinge pin; a first fastener configured to secure a first rod within the first rod-receiving recess; and a second fastener configured to secure a second rod within the second rod-receiving recess, and wherein the hinge pin has a plurality of planar surfaces that intersect to form one or more corners, the one or more corners of the hinge pin applying a force against the cavity of the second body that locks the hinge pin in place when the second fastener secures the second rod within the second rod-receiving recess.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 86.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51852
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15471075', '15284587', '15158127', '15430188', '13570374']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7556784476724596
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5434636418753644
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7344569670927501
- Mean Citation Score: 299.311824
- Max Citation Score: 430.35706
- Similarity Product: 386.02877575601576

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

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