PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926069
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "267000"]

Abstract:
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member. The distal portion of the wing can define a bone anchor opening through which one or more auxiliary bone anchors can be disposed to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to a proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a caudal direction or a cephalad direction. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to the proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a medial direction or a lateral direction. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 10):
The bone anchor assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary bone anchor has a threaded proximal head and the bone anchor opening has a partially threaded interior surface configured to engage the threaded proximal head of the auxiliary bone anchor such that the auxiliary bone anchor is capable of being locked at any angle amongst a plurality of selectable angles relative to the central axis of the bone anchor opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24638
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15073020', '15623444', '15208872', '15208847', '15430188']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8431250759336834
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5454199639954999
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.813354564739865
- Mean Citation Score: 378.97514
- Max Citation Score: 491.16904000000005
- Similarity Product: 347.5086735218287

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

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