PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891534
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["600", "424000"]

Abstract:
An endoscopic pedicle probe for use during spinal surgery to form a hole in a pedicle for reception of a pedicle screw has an enlarged proximal end for cooperation with the hand of the surgeon and an elongate shaft terminating in a distal tip that may be pushed through the pedicle to form the hole. The tip may be detachable for replacement. An endoscope extends through the shaft and is connected with a monitor to enable the surgeon to visually observe the area being treated. In a preferred form a light means extends through the shaft to illuminate the area being treated, and in a further preferred form a conduit extends through the shaft to convey a fluid to flush the area being treated. In a further embodiment, two endoscopes are associated with the probe.

Claim (Index 1):
A probe comprising:\n an enlarged proximal end for cooperation with the hand of a surgeon using the probe to aid in controlling the probe; an elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis and extending from the enlarged proximal end to a distal end; a reduced diameter tip at the distal end of the shaft, the tip having a hardness and configuration adapted to be pushed through a vertebral pedicle to form a hole for reception of a pedicle screw; a first bore extending longitudinally through the shaft and through the tip, and a first endoscope associated with the first bore, the first endoscope including a camera positioned at a distal end of the tip and being connected with a first endoscopic monitor to provide the surgeon with a first direct view of an area being treated; a second bore extending longitudinally through the shaft and a light associated with the second bore to illuminate the area being treated; and a third bore extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a conduit extending through the third bore for conveying a fluid to the area being treated to flush away from the area body fluid and debris that would otherwise obscure the area being treated, wherein the tip is detachable from the shaft, whereby the detachable tip enables a damaged or worn tip to be replaced, or a tip with different characteristics to be employed, without replacing the entire probe.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05797
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10193501', '11774806', '11503860', '12917721', '12775047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.549027170150067
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5102782213174533
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5451522752668055
- Mean Citation Score: 243.776106
- Max Citation Score: 335.3031
- Similarity Product: 297.1136338379323

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

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