PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149243
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A spinal distractor and stabilizer has resilient, conformable bone contacting sections which are separated by an expandable chamber that extends from one of the sections, and which forms a ratchet with the section, ensuring that once expanded by being filled with a substance, cannot contract absent intervention by a medical practitioner. The stabilizer may be filled with a material which solidifies, after which some or all of the device may biodegrade. The device may also be provided in separable portions to facilitate implantation. The conformable sections distribute the distraction and stabilizing force evenly over the bone surface, reducing the incidence of disruption to the integrity of the bone.

Claim (Index 1):
A spinal device, comprising:\n a first bone contacting endplate having a first surface for contacting a surface of a first bone and a second surface into the intervertebral space; a second bone contacting endplate having a third surface contacting a surface of a second bone and a fourth surface into the intervertebral space; and an expandable element having an upper end and a lower end into the intervertebral space, wherein the expandable element is in positioned after introducing the first bone contacting endplate and the second bone contacting endplate such that the expandable element is positionable between said first and second bone contacting endplates, wherein the expandable element is expanded such that the upper end of the expandable element engages with the second surface of the first bone contacting endplate pushing the first bone contacting endplate against the first bone and the lower end of the expandable element engages with the fourth surface of the second bone contacting endplate pushing the second bone contacting endplate against the second bone, wherein the expandable element comprises a housing and a threaded shaft that passes through a nut and into the housing, wherein the expandable element remains in the intervertebral space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60811
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14106036', '13303527', '13963704', '13963735', '13782724']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7965185113478215
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.569581229772588
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7738247831902981
- Mean Citation Score: 342.36209
- Max Citation Score: 489.49738
- Similarity Product: 468.8116043360901

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