PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921073
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "017110"]

Abstract:
A method for treating a sacro-iliac joint comprises the steps of: identifying a target of a posterior superior iliac spine of a body; determining a selected trajectory that includes the target and at least a portion of a sacrum of the body; creating a pathway in the body along the selected trajectory from a posterior approach to the body; and delivering an implant along the pathway such that the implant is disposed for fixation with an ilium of the body and the sacrum. Systems for treating a sacro-iliac joint are disclosed.

Claim (Index 23):
A method as recited in  claim 21 , wherein delivering the implant comprises driving the implant through the ilium and into the sacrum until the implant is flush with the ilium and is docked with the sacrum.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13011024', '12694095', '15339861', '14695627', '12726886']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8308005352104616
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.516787031270371
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7993991848164526
- Mean Citation Score: 343.71704
- Max Citation Score: 366.3077
- Similarity Product: 221.11715763686297

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

Dataset: test