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 6):
The probe of  claim 5 , wherein a coaxial bore in the base end of the tip is in axial alignment with the first bore in the shaft, and\n wherein the coaxial bore in the base end of the tip connects with an angularly extending diagonal bore opening through a side of the tip, the camera of the first endoscope being positioned in the diagonal bore where it exits through the side of the tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05797
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10193501', '11774806', '11503860', '12917721', '12775047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5783880169653394
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5189708148015642
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5724462967489619
- Mean Citation Score: 243.776106
- Max Citation Score: 335.3031
- Similarity Product: 221.6338746407389

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

Dataset: test