PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments described herein provide an improved tendon anchoring device and method for securing a muscle tendon to a bone. In particular, implementations described herein, the devices and methods are useful for anchoring a tendon to a bone in a patient's arm, including for example, anchoring a bicep tendon to bore formed in the targeted bone of the arm.

Claim (Index 63):
A tendon anchoring device, comprising:\n a body extending between a first end and a second end, the body comprising a concave side wall and a convex side wall, the concave and convex side walls extending between the first and second ends; a tool engagement surface at the first end of the body; a tendon engagement surface at the second end of the body; a plurality of anchor ribs projecting from the convex side wall and distributed between the first and second ends of the body; and a plurality of support ribs projecting from the concave side wall and distributed between the first and second ends of the body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69231
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14701799', '14292222', '14610609', '13269460', '15164307']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8085445040409304
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5039412216499435
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7780841758018318
- Mean Citation Score: 238.50502000000003
- Max Citation Score: 332.91058
- Similarity Product: 275.1293817087412

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

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