PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956176
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. A method of installing an expandable fusion device may comprise introducing the expandable fusion device into an intervertebral space, wherein the expandable fusion device comprises a proximal end, a distal end, an anterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, and a posterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the expandable fusion device has an anterior height on the anterior side and a posterior height on the posterior side. The method may further comprise adjusting the anterior height of the expandable fusion device independently from adjustment of the posterior height. The method may further comprise adjusting the posterior height of the expandable fusion device.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 , wherein the anterior height is first adjusted prior to adjustment of the posterior height to set a lordotic angle of the expandable fusion device, and wherein the adjustment of the anterior height continued while the posterior height is adjusted.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83673
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15196231', '15601270', '14485041', '14449428', '15805605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8465013223861675
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6056028770714091
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8224114778546917
- Mean Citation Score: 422.252892
- Max Citation Score: 595.74677
- Similarity Product: 416.6296797375762

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

Dataset: test