PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments described herein provide an improved tendon anchoring device and method for securing a muscle tendon to a bone. In particular, implementations described herein, the devices and methods are useful for anchoring a tendon to a bone in a patient's arm, including for example, anchoring a bicep tendon to bore formed in the targeted bone of the arm.

Claim (Index 39):
A surgical kit, comprising:\n a tendon anchoring device comprising: an elongated body extending between a first end and a second end, the body comprising at least one concave side wall and at least one convex side wall, the concave and convex side walls extending longitudinally between the first and second ends; a tool engagement surface at the first end of the body; a tendon engagement surface at the second end of the body, the tendon engagement surface defining an archway bounded by overhanging portions of the convex side wall; a plurality of anchor ribs projecting laterally from the convex side wall and distributed between the first and second ends of the body, each of the anchor ribs engageable with a wall formed along a tunnel of a bone; and a plurality of support ribs projecting laterally from the concave side wall and distributed between the first and second ends of the body, each of the support ribs engageable with a tendon residing within the archway of the tendon engagement surface; and\n an insertion tool adapted to interface with the tool engagement surface of the anchoring device and facilitate insertion of the anchoring device into the tunnel of the bone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69231
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14701799', '14292222', '14610609', '13269460', '15164307']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8085443474136697
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5048840402372783
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7781783166960304
- Mean Citation Score: 238.50502000000003
- Max Citation Score: 332.91058
- Similarity Product: 264.7697394649744

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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