PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16007861
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
This disclosure describes example embodiments of rod reduction instrumentation and other rod and vertebrae manipulation instruments. The rod reducers can be used during the installation of a rod based surgical fixation system to help urge the rod into the fixation anchors. The reducers described provide various configurations delivering large reduction distance capabilities, strong controlled reduction coupled with an ability to quickly advance the reducer if desired, and reduction of bulk through the surgical corridor.

Claim (Index 1):
A system to facilitate seating of a spinal rod into a rod-receiving portion of a fixation anchor, comprising:\n a rod reducer having a translation unit and a coupling unit, the coupling unit comprising:\n an elongated, generally tubular base member with a proximal, central, and distal portion, a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, a pair of longitudinal recesses positioned on opposite sides of the base member and extending from the central portion to the distal portion, the longitudinal recesses including a displacement feature, and a pair of anchor coupling arms located at the distal end of the base member, the coupling arms being spaced apart to define a cavity and a longitudinal rod channel therebetween; \n a lock mechanism comprising a drive knob located between the central portion and proximal portion of the base member; \n a pair of attachment arms extending from the central portion to the distal portion of the base member and positioned within the longitudinal recesses, the attachment arms including an anchor engagement feature at a distal end configured to engage complementary engagement features on the rod receiving portion of the fixation anchor, the attachment arms each including an arm displacement feature configured to engage with the displacement feature of each longitudinal recess, the attachment arms also including a drive knob engagement feature at a proximal end that engages a complementary feature on the drive knob and wherein rotation of the drive knob results in translation of the attachment arms; \n the translation unit including a distal rod engagement end configured to advance in a distal direction relative to the coupling arms, the distal rod engagement end being coupled to a translating mechanism that drives the distal advancement of the distal rod engagement end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41071
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14634729', '14217101', '15486103', '14194258', '13456210']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7975960472989008
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4880989560444041
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7666463381734511
- Mean Citation Score: 273.016492
- Max Citation Score: 315.8652
- Similarity Product: 280.25482717802527

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

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