PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15938986
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["623", "020150"]

Abstract:
A knee replacement, a kit for a knee replacement, and a method for performing a knee replacement are provided. A tibial fixed component of the knee replacement is configured to be permanently inserted into a resected tibia of a patient. A tibial modular component of the knee replacement is removably attachable to the tibial fixed component and has an upper surface to interface with a femoral component. The tibial modular component is removable from the tibial fixed component so that in the event that the fit of the knee replacement is not correct, the tibial modular component may be replaced with a differently sized tibial modular component without removing the tibial fixed component from the bone.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for performing a knee replacement comprising:\n preparing a resected bone for implantation of a knee replacement; fitting and attaching a tibial fixed component of a modular knee replacement into the resected bone, the tibial fixed component being comprised completely of a plastic material and comprising an array of male or female connectors disposed on an upper surface of the tibial fixed component; connecting a first tibial modular component of the modular knee replacement having a first size to the tibial fixed component and checking for a proper fit, the first tibial modular component being selectively attachable and detachable to the tibial fixed component while the tibial fixed component is attached into the resected bone, the first tibial modular component comprising an array of female or male connectors disposed on a lower surface of the first tibial modular component, the female or male connectors of the first tibial modular component corresponding to the male and female connectors of the tibial fixed component, the male or female connectors of the tibial fixed component and the female or male connectors of the first tibial modular component connecting the first tibial modular component to the tibial fixed component; and when the fit is incorrect, removing the first tibial modular component and replacing it with a second tibial modular component having a second size and checking for a proper fit, the second modular tibial component being selectively attachable and detachable to the tibial fixed component while the tibial fixed component is attached into the resected bone, the second tibial modular component comprising an array of female or male connectors disposed on a lower surface of the second tibial modular component, the female or male connectors of the second tibial modular component corresponding to the male and female connectors of the tibial fixed component, the male or female connectors of the tibial fixed component and the female or male connectors of the second tibial modular component connecting the second tibial modular component to the tibial fixed component.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23636
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13594543', '12790036', '15703713', '15177734', '13583902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6771926343056168
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4970709968414375
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6591804705591989
- Mean Citation Score: 288.298286
- Max Citation Score: 291.35672
- Similarity Product: 203.2986585376644

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

Dataset: test