PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964270
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
An instrument for spinal rotation that aligns and holds direct vertebral rotation (DVR) lever arms relative to each other to achieve an initial axial alignment of a segment of vertebrae and allows the final DVR rotation by rotating the instrument and lever arms together. A method of direct vertebral rotation that allows rotating the vertebrae to be aligned relative to each other, and collectively rotating the vertebrae to be aligned relative to adjacent spinal segments by rotating the direct vertebral rotation instrument. A system for direct vertebral rotation having at least two pedicle screws. The system also includes at least two levers attachable to the pedicle screws and a clamping instrument configured to clamp the levers.

Claim (Index 17):
A system for direct vertebral rotation, comprising:\n at least two elongate structures attachable to and extendable proximally from pedicle screws implanted in respective vertebrae of a spine; and a clamping instrument including an elongate first member and an opposing elongate second member; wherein the first and second members are movable toward one another to a closed position in which a plurality of the elongate structures are clamped between the first and second members, the first and second members of the clamping instrument applying a sufficient lateral clamping force to the plurality of the elongate structures in the closed position so as to grip and hold each of the plurality of the elongate structures in a respective fixed angle and position with respect to the clamping instrument.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08475
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15383006', '12152834', '13889847', '14153768', '15186996']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7956341530529405
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5506895045616376
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7711396882038103
- Mean Citation Score: 356.089104
- Max Citation Score: 460.4328
- Similarity Product: 424.7489078154088

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

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