PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934614
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "246000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for joining members together using a self-drilling screw apparatus or stapling apparatus are disclosed. The screw apparatus includes a worm drive screw, a spur gear and superior and inferior screws which turn simultaneously in a bi-directional manner. A rotating mechanism drives the first and second screw members in opposite directions and causes the screw members to embed themselves in the members to be joined. The screw apparatus can be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, vertebral bodies, wood, building materials, metals, masonry, or plastics. A device employing two screws (two-in-one) can be combined with a capping horizontal mini-plate. A device employing three screws can be combined in enclosures (three-in-one). The stapling apparatus includes grip handles, transmission linkages, a drive rod a fulcrum and a cylinder. The staple has superior and inferior segments with serrated interfaces, a teethed unidirectional locking mechanism and four facet piercing elements. The staples can be also be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, or vertebral bodies.

Claim (Index 33):
The implant system of  claim 21 , wherein a first potion of the perimeter enclosure extends along at least part of the body perimeter of the implant body and has a first superior edge and a first inferior edge, wherein a second potion of the perimeter enclosure extends along at least part of the body perimeter of the implant body and has a second superior edge and a second inferior edge, wherein the first inferior edge of the first portion faces the second superior edge of the second portion, wherein the first superior edge of the first portion faces the first vertebral body when the implant system is implanted in the disc space, and where the second inferior edge of the second portion faces the second vertebral body when the implant system is implanted in the disc space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15896130', '11536815', '12868451', '14299711', '15934622']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8659413788455199
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6018083766919652
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8395280786301644
- Mean Citation Score: 601.23967
- Max Citation Score: 665.5465
- Similarity Product: 487.0020754500628

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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