PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments described herein provide an improved tendon anchoring device and method for securing a muscle tendon to a bone. In particular, implementations described herein, the devices and methods are useful for anchoring a tendon to a bone in a patient's arm, including for example, anchoring a bicep tendon to bore formed in the targeted bone of the arm.

Claim (Index 1):
A tendon anchoring device, comprising:\n an elongated body extending between a first end and a second end, the body comprising at least one concave side wall and at least one convex side wall, the concave and convex side walls extending longitudinally between the first and second ends; a tool engagement surface at the first end of the body adapted to accommodate a mating surface of an insertion tool; a tendon engagement surface at the second end of the body, the tendon engagement surface defining an archway bounded by overhanging portions of the convex side wall; a plurality of anchor ribs projecting laterally from the convex side wall and distributed between the first and second ends of the body, each of the anchor ribs engageable with a wall formed along a tunnel of a bone; and a plurality of support ribs projecting laterally from the concave side wall and distributed between the first and second ends of the body, each of the support ribs engageable with a tendon residing within the archway of the tendon engagement surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69231
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14701799', '14292222', '14610609', '13269460', '15164307']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8085444197031708
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5045778722303762
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7781477649558913
- Mean Citation Score: 238.50502000000003
- Max Citation Score: 332.91058
- Similarity Product: 268.13370627071976

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