PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15902822
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "014120"]

Abstract:
Methods of selecting and implanting prosthetic devices for use as a replacement meniscus are disclosed. The selection methods include a pre-implantation selection method and a during-implantation selection method. The pre-implantation selection method includes a direct geometrical matching process, a correlation parameters-based matching process, and a finite element-based matching process. The implant identified by the pre-implantation selection method is then confirmed to be a suitable implant in the during-implantation selection method. Methods of implanting meniscus prosthetic devices are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A prosthetic device for replacing a damaged meniscus, the prosthetic device comprising:\n a central portion having an upper surface for engagement with a portion of a femur and an opposing lower surface for engagement with a portion of a tibia, the central portion comprising a resilient polymeric material; an outer portion surrounding the central portion and having an increased thickness relative to the central portion, the outer portion comprising the resilient polymeric material and tensioned with at least one reinforcing fiber embedded the resilient polymeric material; wherein the outer portion is sized and shaped such that a compression force imparted on the prosthetic device by the femur and the tibia displaces the outer portion radially outward from the central portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91111
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15135168', '13194787', '12100115', '14303429', '13229514']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8032549165670831
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5459447581101473
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7775239007213895
- Mean Citation Score: 417.451978
- Max Citation Score: 428.0739400000001
- Similarity Product: 407.0285988125801

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

Dataset: test