PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15860940
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "279000"]

Abstract:
Minimally invasive methods and devices are provided for positioning a spinal fixation element in relation to adjacent spinal anchors. In an exemplary embodiment, the device is a percutaneous access device that can be coupled to a spinal anchor, and the method includes the step of positioning a spinal fixation element through at least one sidewall opening of at least two percutaneous access devices such that the spinal fixation element extends in a lengthwise orientation that is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of each percutaneous access device. The spinal fixation element can then be advanced in the lengthwise orientation to seat the spinal fixation element in or adjacent to the receiver heads of at least two adjacent spinal anchors. A fastening element or other closure mechanism can then be applied to each spinal anchor to engage the spinal fixation element within the receiver heads of the adjacent anchors.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 12 , further comprising providing a compression tool, and engaging at least two adjacent percutaneous access devices to compress the devices toward one another.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23188
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12700504', '13957589', '14246354', '10737537', '11051983']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8343794245282701
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5436933564777041
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8053108177232136
- Mean Citation Score: 428.537956
- Max Citation Score: 442.43204
- Similarity Product: 433.80149584661

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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