PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906215
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "059000"]

Abstract:
A fixation system for fixing a bone fracture has a plurality of blocks, needles and rods that snap together in a framework around the fracture. The needles are inserted through the bone and the blocks are snapped onto the ends of the needles. Rods are snapped onto the blocks on both sides of the finger to keep the finger in place. Each block has two channels located on opposite sides and extending perpendicular to each other. The channels are structured so that a rod or needle having a diameter equal or slightly greater than one of the channels can be snapped into and retained by the channel.

Claim (Index 1):
A fixation system for fixating a fracture in one or more bones of a finger, comprising:\n a plurality of needles adapted to be placed through the bones and extending out of the finger on at least one side of the bones; at least one rod configured to extend along at least one side of the finger; and a plurality of brackets according to  claim 1 , each bracket comprising a block having a first channel extending in a first direction and being open to a first surface of the block, and having a second channel extending in a second direction and being open to a second surface of the block, wherein the first surface and second surface are located opposite each other, wherein the first channel is arranged perpendicular to the second channel, and wherein a width of the channel at each of the first and second surfaces is less than a diameter of the corresponding channel, wherein the first channel of each bracket is dimensioned to hold the needles and the second channel of each bracket is dimensioned to hold the at least one rod, such that each of the needles is connected to the rod on at least one end of the needles via the brackets by snapping the needles into the respective first channels and snapping the at least one rod into the respective second channels of the brackets.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68657
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15402396', '14445231', '14367274', '14289069', '12293051']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7349805687359758
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4411748679087656
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7055999986532548
- Mean Citation Score: 131.8313132
- Max Citation Score: 220.32556
- Similarity Product: 215.2392135349656

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

Dataset: test