PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948219
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "056000"]

Abstract:
An adjustable length strut includes two joints, a threaded rod extending between the joints, and a tube adapted to receive the threaded rod. An actuation mechanism with gear teeth extending radially outward of the strut axis is rotatably fixed to the threaded rod. A protrusion may be coupled to an end of the threaded rod by a rotatable collar, with the protrusion extending through a slot in the tube to mark the length of the strut. A modular attachment member may be adapted to be couple to the first joint and include a worm gear adapted to engage gear teeth of the actuation mechanism. The modular attachment member may include a radiofrequency identity tag mechanism adapted to be read by a tag reader of a tool, the tool adapted to couple to the attachment member to rotate the worm gear to increase or decrease the effective length of the strut.

Claim (Index 1):
An external fixation frame system, comprising:\n a first support ring extending along a first ring plane and having a plurality of first apertures extending through the first support ring in a direction orthogonal to the first ring plane; a second support ring extending along a second ring plane and having a plurality of second apertures extending through the second support ring in a direction orthogonal to the second ring plane; a plurality of telescopic struts each having a first joint proximate a first end of the strut and a second joint proximate a second end of the strut, wherein the plurality of struts can be lengthened to change a distance between the first joint and the second joint; and a first offset plate having a first end adapted to couple to one of the first apertures of the first support ring, and a second end adapted to receive the first end of one of the telescopic struts, the second end of the first offset plate being positioned radially outward of the first support ring when the first end of the first offset plate is coupled to the first support ring, wherein the first ends of the telescopic struts are adapted to couple to either (i) the first support ring via one of the first apertures directly, or (ii) the second end of the first offset plate when the first end of the first offset plate is coupled to the first support ring.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.37313
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15181614', '14669157', '13621335', '12661015', '15485402']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7808964265479944
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4952118750921346
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7523279714024084
- Mean Citation Score: 241.29231600000003
- Max Citation Score: 331.3354
- Similarity Product: 293.8265116071224

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

Dataset: test