PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934746
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "064000"]

Abstract:
An implant comprising a multi-directional locking mechanism that allows a bone fixation device, such as a screw, to be rigidly affixed to the implant in a plurality of angles relative to the implant. The implant can be a bone plate, a component of a joint prosthesis or the like. The locking mechanism comprises a passage hole in the implant for passage of a bone fixation device therethrough. One or more beam members are arranged adjacent the passage hole and a space is associated with each beam member. Each space allows the associated beam member to move into or about the space upon axial and/or radial deformation of the beam member caused by fastening the bone fixation device to a bone. The beam members and associated elements of the locking mechanism are sufficiently thin to permit axial and/or radial deformation. And said deformation causes the fixation device to be locked in place relative to the implant.

Claim (Index 5):
The medical implant device of  claim 1 , further comprising a second beam member comprising a third side with a second convex shape extending toward the central axis to define a second portion of the periphery, and a fourth side, opposite the third side, that defines a second space adjacent to the fourth side;\n wherein the second beam member is shaped and positioned such that, in response to advancement of the bone fixation device into the passage hole, the bone fixation device engages the second beam member in a manner that deforms the second beam member to cause the fourth side to enter the second space and to cause the second beam member to resist withdrawal of the bone fixation device from the bone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15105449', '14301797', '12727641', '12710103', '10838933']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7685459159354423
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5403350997343117
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7457248343153292
- Mean Citation Score: 269.391406
- Max Citation Score: 456.2889
- Similarity Product: 353.4044073331833

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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