PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15768209
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
Provided herein are devices, systems, apparatus and methods for accessing the cervical spine via an anterior approach and implanting a spinal fixation member between two vertebrae of the cervical spine in the disc or intervertebral joint space, such as in an ACDF procedure. The delivery device includes a distal end that can be anchored to the spinal fixation member. Once anchored to the spinal fixation member, the delivery device is operable to both advance and attach the spinal fixation member within a cervical disc joint space.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for guiding a fixation member to a cervical disc joint space in a spine in an ACDF procedure, the apparatus comprising:\n a delivery device comprising:\n an anchor shaft comprising a central lumen defining a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion extending from the distal portion; \n a guide member operably associated with the anchor shaft, the guide member defining a first lumen coaxial with the central lumen, two angled lumen offset from the first lumen and at least one fixation member engagement feature; and \n a fixation member having at least one threaded opening and at least one guide member engagement feature such that when the guide member engagement feature receives the fixation member engagement feature, the engagement hinders rotation of the fixation member relative to the guide member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66071
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14214251', '15230385', '14413318', '15385446', '10357390']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8295727390028794
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.478214200610021
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7944368851635936
- Mean Citation Score: 249.19142
- Max Citation Score: 253.99507000000003
- Similarity Product: 181.7577855515051

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