PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934634
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "279000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and method for stabilizing the spine, while preserving a degree of spinal flexion and extension of the spine at the level of the stabilized vertebrae postoperatively. The systems and methods can include an expandable anchor and rod that span an intervertebral disc. The anchor can have interstices, and ends in two adjacent vertebral bodies. The system can also include a volume of bone cement media.

Claim (Index 2):
A method for stabilizing the spine, comprising:\n inserting an anchor having interstices into the interior of a first vertebral body, through an intervertebral disc, and into the interior of a second vertebral body adjacent the first vertebral body such that a distal end of the anchor is within the interior of the second vertebral body, a proximal end of the anchor is within the interior of the first vertebral body, and a central portion of the anchor spans the intervertebral disc; expanding the distal end of the anchor within the interior of the second vertebral body; expanding the proximal end of the anchor within the interior of the first vertebral body; flowing a first volume of media into the distal end of the anchor within the interior of the second vertebral body, wherein the media flows through the interstices of the anchor outside the anchor and into the interior of the second vertebral body; inserting a rod into the interior of the first vertebral body, through the intervertebral disc, and into the interior of the second vertebral body, such that a distal portion of the rod is positioned within the interior of the second vertebral body, the proximal portion of the rod is positioned within the interior of the first vertebral body, and a central portion of the rod spans the intervertebral disc, wherein the rod resides at least partially within an interior of the anchor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.45283
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15299227', '14789805', '14559071', '10430841', '10125771']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8332996891668473
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5899973443047607
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8089694546806385
- Mean Citation Score: 440.80253000000016
- Max Citation Score: 551.1257
- Similarity Product: 518.121852160418

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

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