PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919829
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017110"]

Abstract:
A continuous compression fixation device for coupling a first bony structure to a second bony structure, including: a body structure; and a plurality of arm structures extending from the body structure, wherein at least one of the plurality of arm structures is configured to be coupled to the first bony structure and at least one opposed one of the plurality of arm structures is configured to be coupled to the second bony structure; wherein the body structure and the plurality of arm structures are manufactured from a shape memory material; and wherein tips of the at least one of the plurality of arm structures and the at least one opposed one of the plurality of arm structures are biased towards one another such that a desired compressive force is applied to an intercalary structural augment disposed between the first bony structure and the second bony structure.

Claim (Index 8):
The continuous compression fixation device of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of arm structures comprises a tapered tip such that it may be disposed in a hole drilled into the associated bony structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68421
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15154099', '12087912', '12940960', '13928027', '14451281']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.782670758592588
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4883745733026801
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7532411400635972
- Mean Citation Score: 198.961362
- Max Citation Score: 227.03897
- Similarity Product: 140.9171617999434

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

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