PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16270949
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Surgical repair systems and techniques for plantar plate repairs. The surgical repair systems and methods reconstruct the plantar plate through a dorsal incision. The surgical repair system embodies a variety of instruments that provide visualization and access to the plantar plate using suture to complete the repair. The repair system may include some or all of the following instruments: a metatarsal head pusher employed in open surgical space, to move the “capital fragment” in a controlled manner; a suture retriever instrument and a suture retriever funnel (sleeve); a suture passer such as a Mini Scorpion DX and accompanying needle, or a variety of shaped Micro Suture Lassos; a measuring guide; and a small joint distractor.

Claim (Index 13):
The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein distracting the metatarsophalangeal joint includes:\n spreading the first arm and the second arm of the distractor apart to move the metatarsal bone and the phalangeal bone apart from one another, thereby exposing the plantar plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437079', '15018832', '13623837', '14543377', '15496632']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7695038727972435
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.7169180486901231
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7642452903865314
- Mean Citation Score: 421.686008
- Max Citation Score: 826.2773
- Similarity Product: 777.5588406692981

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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