PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149243
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A spinal distractor and stabilizer has resilient, conformable bone contacting sections which are separated by an expandable chamber that extends from one of the sections, and which forms a ratchet with the section, ensuring that once expanded by being filled with a substance, cannot contract absent intervention by a medical practitioner. The stabilizer may be filled with a material which solidifies, after which some or all of the device may biodegrade. The device may also be provided in separable portions to facilitate implantation. The conformable sections distribute the distraction and stabilizing force evenly over the bone surface, reducing the incidence of disruption to the integrity of the bone.

Claim (Index 5):
The spinal device of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second bone contacting endplates include one or more projections for engaging the first and second bones.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60811
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14106036', '13303527', '13963704', '13963735', '13782724']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8182268367697366
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5599967000561434
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7924038230983773
- Mean Citation Score: 342.36209
- Max Citation Score: 489.49738
- Similarity Product: 404.2625614812064

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

Dataset: test