PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917290
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "014120"]

Abstract:
A prosthetic device that may be utilized as an artificial meniscus is disclosed. The prosthetic device can restore shock absorption, stability, and function to the knee after the damaged natural meniscus is removed and replaced with the prosthetic device. In some embodiments, the meniscus includes an integral fixation anchor and additional features that minimize the requirement for modification of the implant for proper fit during surgery.

Claim (Index 1):
A meniscus prosthetic device, comprising:\n an upper articulating surface comprising a flexible polymeric material and configured for moving engagement with a femur within a knee joint, wherein the upper articulating surface further comprises a first vertical bearing component and a first horizontal bearing component both configured for bearing against the femur; a lower articulating surface comprising the flexible polymeric material and configured to contact a tibia within the knee joint, wherein the lower articulating surface further comprises a second vertical bearing component and a second horizontal bearing component both configured for bearing against the tibia; and a perimeter completely surrounding the upper articulating surface, the perimeter comprising an increased thickness and an increased stiffness with respect to the upper articulating surface, wherein the perimeter comprises a reinforcement component providing the increased stiffness, wherein upper articulating surface and the lower articulating surface are configured to contact the femur and the tibia, respectively, without being rigidly affixed to the femur and the tibia such that the meniscus prosthetic device is translatable and/or rotatable within the knee joint, and wherein at least one of the increased thickness or the increased stiffness of the perimeter limits movement of the femur with respect to the upper articulating surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41176
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15601913', '15134192', '13481338', '11868254', '15902822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8218524792860227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5456941535286531
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7942366467102857
- Mean Citation Score: 297.0008180000001
- Max Citation Score: 319.8189
- Similarity Product: 253.77486943062544

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

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