PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15989010
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["601", "148000"]

Abstract:
A traction device has a frame, a first bladder portion, a second bladder portion, and a third inflatable bladder portion. The first bladder expands in an outward direction a distance greater than in a transverse direction. The second bladder expands in a first angular direction. The second bladder is positioned generally inferior to and to the side of the first bladder. The third bladder expands in a second angular direction. Upon expanding in the outward direction, the first bladder bears against the back of the user's neck. Upon expanding in the transverse direction, the first bladder applies an angular traction to the cervical spine. Upon expanding in the first angular direction, the second bladder bears angularly against the back of the user's upper thoracic region. Upon expanding in the third angular direction, the third bladder bears angularly against the user's occiput.

Claim (Index 24):
A method of treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:\n securing a traction device to a head of a user, the traction device comprising a support frame having a transverse neck support projecting upwardly from a base of the support frame and first, second, and third inflatable bladders coupled to the neck support, wherein securing the traction device to the head comprises positioning the traction device such that:\n the first inflatable bladder transverses a cervical spine of the user; \n the second inflatable bladder transverses an upper thoracic spine of the user; and \n the third inflatable bladder transverses an occiput of the user; \n expanding the first inflatable bladder in a direction outward from the neck support and toward and substantially normal to the cervical spine to force the cervical spine to curve forwardly; expanding the second inflatable bladder in a direction toward the upper thoracic spine to force the thoracic spine to decompress and reduce hyper-kyphosis of the upper thoracic spine; and expanding the third inflatable bladder in a direction toward the occiput to apply an angular traction to a cervical spine of the user; wherein the first inflatable bladder is positioned anteriorly to the second inflatable bladder and the third inflatable bladder; and wherein the shape of the second inflatable bladder corresponds the shape of the third inflatable bladder.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.2
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14152331', '14286668', '14085432', '12288073', '12970539']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7289956282067376
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6372445321307681
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7198205185991406
- Mean Citation Score: 496.818018
- Max Citation Score: 656.89594
- Similarity Product: 580.8909220093358

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

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