PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
A delivery instrument for placing an interbody implant into an intervertebral space of a patient comprises a plurality of elongated plates disposed adjacent one another. Each elongated plate has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space, and is configured to engage a vertebral body in the intervertebral space. An expandable member is coupled to the plurality of elongated plates so as to form an enclosed tube that is sized and shaped to receive the interbody implant. The expandable member allows for translation of the plurality of elongated plates relative to one another as the interbody implant passes through the tube.

Claim (Index 38):
A delivery system for placing an interbody implant into an intervertebral space of a patient, said delivery system comprising:\n a first elongated plate having an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an external planar surface having a raised stop portion, wherein the distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space, wherein the raised stop portion is configured to control depth of the delivery system into the intervertebral space; a second elongated plate having an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an external planar surface, wherein the distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space, wherein the first elongated plate is disposed over the second elongated plate; and an expandable member coupled to the first and second elongated plates, wherein the expandable member is disposed between the proximal and distal portions of the first and second elongated plates such that the expandable member is configured to remain outside of the intervertebral space, and the expandable member does not extend past the distal portions of the first and second elongated plates.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01695
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15206179', '14322702', '13072511', '13834782', '13784224']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8017792339850925
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5420438699356916
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7758056975801524
- Mean Citation Score: 311.7713740000001
- Max Citation Score: 439.8094
- Similarity Product: 415.7037406253338

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

Dataset: test