PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15912989
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "017150"]

Abstract:
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.

Claim (Index 11):
An orthopedic implant comprising:\n a first endplate configured to engage an upper vertebra, wherein the first endplate comprises a first socket; a second endplate configured to engage a lower vertebra, wherein the second endplate comprises a second socket; a translatable carriage positioned between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein translation of the carriage causes a distance of separation to change between the first endplate and the second endplate; a first anchor received in the first socket of the first endplate configured to engage the upper vertebra, wherein the first anchor is either a first screw or a first shim having a first curved anchor portion; and a second anchor received in the second socket of the second endplate configured to engage the lower vertebra, wherein the second anchor is either a second screw or a second shim having a second curved anchor portion, wherein the implant includes the first shim or the second shim.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97436
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15401326', '15144014', '15291238', '15291108', '15620885']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8488308316125858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6300284719550299
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8269505956468302
- Mean Citation Score: 540.076262
- Max Citation Score: 632.6672
- Similarity Product: 601.6928130254745

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

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