PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16110677
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["606", "249000"]

Abstract:
A resilient core is positioned between bony projections which are offset from a principal load bearing region of a spinal joint. Shaped projections extend from the core, and engage the bony projections by conforming to anatomical landmarks, and may be fastened to the bony projections. During flexion of the joint, the core absorbs some of the force of compression, and limits an extent to which the joint may compress. If the shaped projections are connected to the bony projections, extension of the joint is inhibited by the projections and the core, limiting the extent to which the joint may be distracted. In this manner, healing is fostered, and a weakened or damaged joint is protected from excessive movement.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for stabilizing a joint between adjacent bony extensions, the method comprising:\n implanting a strut between the adjacent bony extensions, the strut having a first portion a second portion, the first portion and the second portion capable of being rotated with respect to each other, wherein the first portion comprises a panel and a body extending along a longitudinal axis, the body having an upper surface angled relative to the longitudinal axis and a lower surface angled relative to the longitudinal axis, wherein the angled upper surface and the angled lower surface are parallel to one another, wherein the panel has a height greater than the body, wherein the panel is fixed in position relative to the body, and wherein the panel is configured to attach to the adjacent bony extensions, a connecting fastener extending along the longitudinal axis connecting the first portion to the second portion, wherein the first portion or the second portion is rotatable about the longitudinal axis, wherein the panel comprises a first borehole and a second borehole, wherein the first borehole is angled in an upward direction and the second borehole is angled in a downward direction, inserting a first fastener into the first borehole to secure the first portion to one of the bony extensions; and inserting a second fastener into the second borehole to secure the first portion to the other of the bony extensions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07937
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13029175', '11033452', '11006495', '10970366', '11436407']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7905320934560965
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5444034281579805
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7659192269262849
- Mean Citation Score: 242.729248
- Max Citation Score: 443.9403
- Similarity Product: 423.6892675011814

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

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