PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
A delivery instrument for placing an interbody implant into an intervertebral space of a patient comprises a plurality of elongated plates disposed adjacent one another. Each elongated plate has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space, and is configured to engage a vertebral body in the intervertebral space. An expandable member is coupled to the plurality of elongated plates so as to form an enclosed tube that is sized and shaped to receive the interbody implant. The expandable member allows for translation of the plurality of elongated plates relative to one another as the interbody implant passes through the tube.

Claim (Index 30):
The delivery system of  claim 29 , wherein the two notches are placed on opposite side of the second elongated plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01695
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15206179', '14322702', '13072511', '13834782', '13784224']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8248717914226881
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.52807789439119
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7951924017195383
- Mean Citation Score: 311.7713740000001
- Max Citation Score: 439.8094
- Similarity Product: 279.5176232801914

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