PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875221
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "060000"]

Abstract:
A sternotomy closure technique is suitably carried out with a cerclage mechanism which is capable of maintaining proper bony compression (within a desired range) across the sternum cut, in spite of a range of external forces and significant lateral distraction due to these external forces. The sternum fragments are aligned in apposition disposed around a longitudinal seam and secured with a resilient element. The resilient element is tensioned to a desired tension to compress the sternum to a desired compression range. The resilient element is then elongated and contracted while accepting multiple cycles of physiological distracting forces across the sternum while maintaining contact pressure across the longitudinal seam within a desired range for a length of time sufficient for bony healing. The resilient element is preferably a polymer cable comprising an elongated elastic polymeric core coaxially surrounded by a sheath woven from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene strands.

Claim (Index 10):
An apparatus for fixing a surgically cut sternum during healing, comprising:\n a pressure transducer capable of insertion between the fragments of a sternum that has been cut into at least two fragments; a resilient member capable of securing said sternum fragments in apposition in proper position to promote bony healing; a pressure monitoring system coupled to the pressure transducer and configured to measure pressure sensed by said transducer; and a tensioning tool capable of applying variable tension to said resilient member in response to user manipulation or a programmed digital computer, whereby the user can manipulate said tensioning tool while monitoring the pressure measured by said pressure monitoring system to determine a relationship between the variable tension and resulting pressure between the sternum fragments, thus determining a desired tension to be applied to said resilient member for fixation to obtain a resulting desired pressure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7033
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13796209', '14153019', '15444469', '14178107', '10830130']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7711404126024924
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4681400459314168
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7408403759353849
- Mean Citation Score: 219.40571200000005
- Max Citation Score: 235.17244
- Similarity Product: 184.9296451983737

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