PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887854
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "279000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are devices and methods for fusion of adjacent vertebral bones using distractor platforms for exposure and resection of at least a portion of a facet joint, such as in performance of a TLiF procedure. In one embodiment, the distractor platform contains at least a first receptacle and/or extension adapted to couple to the implanted screw/bone marker, and the method includes advancing a threaded segment of a bone fastener assembly into the identified first pedicle of the first vertebral bone, the bone fastener assembly further comprises a second segment adapted to couple with a distraction platform, which is adapted to concurrently attach onto at least one tissue retention blade, and retain the tissue retention blade in the displaced position. Stabilization of a spinal segment is also provided by advancing a substantially concave orthopedic implant through an opening made in a posterior aspect of a disc space.

Claim (Index 46):
The method of  claim 43 , wherein the act of advancing the first implant into the intervertebral disc space through the opening in the annulus fibrosus comprises:\n advancing an anterior surface of the first implant through the opening in the annulus fibrosus and into the intervertebral disc space with at least a remainder of the first implant being positioned outside of the intervertebral disc space, the anterior surface (i) comprising one end of the first implant, and (ii) positioned between the third side surface and the opposing fourth side surface of the first implant; and advancing the remainder of the first implant into the intervertebral disc space via a curvilinear trajectory, the curvilinear trajectory comprising a center of rotation positioned outside of the second body of the first implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 134.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71429
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13875228', '14616439', '15620633', '15162468', '13357509']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9256952769963618
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5683961942822524
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8899653687249509
- Mean Citation Score: 545.6202999999998
- Max Citation Score: 638.2602
- Similarity Product: 435.9881146862626

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

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