PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970204
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "246000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for performing bone fusion and/or securing one or more bones, such as adjacent vertebra, are disclosed. The screws include a threaded tip connected to a main shaft and a threaded outer sleeve that rotates relative to the outer shaft until locked down. Independent rotation of the threaded outer sleeve relative to the threaded distal tip allows compression or distraction to modify the gap between the vertebral bodies. The screws are passed from the inferior to superior vertebra or superior to inferior, for example, through a trans-pedicular route to avoid neurological compromise. At the same time, the path of screw insertion is oriented to reach superior or inferior vertebra. An intervertebral cage of the system is configured for lateral expansion from a nearly straight configuration to form a large footprint in the disc space. The screws and cage may be combined for improved fixation with minimal invasiveness.

Claim (Index 13):
The cage of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n (a) a first spacer positioned in proximity to the first ends of the longitudinal bars; (b) a first separator positioned to be moved between the upper and lower bars of the first longitudinal bar pair to cause separation between at least a portion of the bars of that longitudinal bar pair; (c) a second separator positioned to be moved between the upper and lower bars of the second longitudinal bar pair to cause separation between at least a portion of the bars of that longitudinal bar pair; (d) a first connector pivotably connected to the first spacer and to the first separator; (e) a second connector pivotably connected to the first spacer and the to the second separator; (f) wherein movement of the first spacer into the space between the longitudinal bar pairs causes horizontal separation of the longitudinal bar pairs; and (g) wherein movement of the first and second separators between the longitudinal bars of the first and second longitudinal bar pairs causes vertical separation between the longitudinal bars.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6875
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14347442', '15500969', '13364280', '14835477', '14599250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8198565994010709
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5199057418750703
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7898615136484709
- Mean Citation Score: 254.01910400000003
- Max Citation Score: 397.41464
- Similarity Product: 327.6235394178677

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

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