PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15975267
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A spinal fusion system may include an interbody fusion cage, a fixation plate, and an implanter. The interbody fusion cage may include a proximal region, a distal region opposite the proximal region, a superior region, an inferior region opposite the superior region, and an open volume between the proximal and distal regions. The superior and inferior regions are located between the proximal and distal regions and are configured such that, when the interbody fusion cage is implanted in the disc space, the superior region contracts the inferior end plate and the inferior region contacts the superior end plate. The fixation plate is receivable in the open volume of the interbody fusion cage and includes a superior blade and an inferior blade. At least one of the blades includes a first opening defined therein. The fixation plate is displaceable between a non-deployed state and a deployed state.

Claim (Index 29):
A method for fusing a superior vertebra to an inferior vertebra, the method comprising:\n inserting an interbody fusion cage into a disc space defined by an inferior endplate of the superior vertebra and a superior endplate of the inferior vertebra; advancing a first anchor plate with a first sharp distal tip through a superior, slanted slot in an anterior surface of the cage, thus causing the first distal tip to penetrate the inferior endplate of the superior vertebra; advancing a second anchor plate with a second sharp distal tip through an inferior, slanted slot in the anterior surface of the cage, thus causing the second distal tip to penetrate the superior endplate of the inferior vertebra; passing a first bone screw through a first opening in the first anchor plate and into the superior vertebra; and passing a second bone screw through a second opening in the second anchor plate and into the inferior vertebra.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75862
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14599250', '15454287', '15946874', '15947063', '15946910']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8426033101941488
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5696512383290215
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8153081030076361
- Mean Citation Score: 390.791926
- Max Citation Score: 527.8959
- Similarity Product: 425.35540033468

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