PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15995876
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "280000"]

Abstract:
Bone fixation apparatus and spinal implants are disclosed herein. The spinal implants including a body with a first end and a second end, a first attachment portion at the first end, wherein the first attachment portion includes a first opening with at least one lip, a second attachment portion at the second end, wherein the second attachment portion includes a second opening with at least one lip, and an intermediate portion connecting the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. Surgical methods for inserting the bone fixation apparatus and spinal implants into a patient are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 22):
A surgical method for fusing a spine, comprising:\n obtaining an implant, comprising:\n a body with a first end and a second end; \n a first attachment portion at the first end, wherein the first attachment portion includes a first opening with at least one first lip; \n a second attachment portion at the second end, wherein the second attachment portion includes a second opening with at least one second lip; and \n an intermediate portion connecting the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion; \n aligning the implant over at least two vertebra; inserting a first bone fastener into a first vertebra of a patient through the first opening until the at least one first lip engages a top surface of the first bone fastener; and inserting a second bone fastener into a second vertebra of the patient through the second opening until the at least one second lip engages a top surface of the second bone fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15829027', '15919204', '15594205', '15337253', '15594183']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7779499723383948
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4802866567115454
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7481836407757099
- Mean Citation Score: 259.491928
- Max Citation Score: 276.66776
- Similarity Product: 218.2528116409873

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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