PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15950166
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "057000"]

Abstract:
A dynamization device may comprise a sleeve, a shaft, a dial, a contact feature, and a biasing member. The shaft may comprise an interior section partially within an inner recess of the sleeve; a flat surface on the interior section of the shaft; and a plurality of external threads on the interior section of the shaft. The dial may comprise a body disposed partially within the inner recess; an annular lip; and internal threads secured to external threads of the shaft. The contact feature has an annular geometry disposed within the inner recess of the sleeve. The biasing member may be disposed around the interior section of the shaft, and disposed between the contact feature and a shoulder within the inner recess of the sleeve. Rotation of the annular lip may provide for compressive movement of the biasing member relative to the sleeve and shaft.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of treating a bone fracture, the method comprising:\n securing a first external fixation ring superior to a bone fracture; securing a second external fixation ring inferior to the bone fracture; securing a dynamization strut between the first external fixation ring and the second external fixation ring; wherein the dynamization strut comprises:\n a sleeve, wherein the sleeve comprises an inner recess; \n a shaft, wherein the shaft comprises:\n an interior section configured to be disposed at least partially within the inner recess of the sleeve; \n a flat surface disposed on the interior section of the shaft; and \n a plurality of external threads disposed on the interior section of the shaft; \n \n a dial, wherein the dial comprises:\n a body configured to be disposed at least partially within the inner recess of the sleeve; \n an annular lip, wherein the annular lip has a diameter greater than a diameter of the inner recess of the sleeve; and \n a plurality of internal threads, wherein the plurality of internal threads are configured to mate with the plurality of external threads of the shaft; \n \n a contact feature, wherein the contact feature has an annular geometry and is configured to be disposed within the inner recess of the sleeve, and wherein the contact feature comprises:\n a center recess suitable to receive at least a portion of the interior section of the shaft; and \n a flat surface, wherein the flat surface of the contact feature is disposed adjacent to the flat surface of the shaft; and \n \n a biasing member, wherein the biasing member is configured to be disposed around the interior section of the shaft, wherein the biasing member is sized to fit within the inner recess of the sleeve, and wherein the biasing member is disposed between the contact feature and a shoulder within the inner recess of the sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 77.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.07692
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15014706', '15611670', '14260134', '15076209', '13589624']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7662992330555802
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.568719187274956
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7465412284775179
- Mean Citation Score: 368.827978
- Max Citation Score: 517.25946
- Similarity Product: 413.2168201034975

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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