PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870406
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
An artificial replacement disc includes a pair of substantially parallel plates formed to occupy a space defined by vertebral endplates, each of the plates including a plurality of spikes on a first surface and a concave trough formed on a second surface opposite of the first surface. A mobile core includes a core rim with opposing convex surfaces extending from opposite sides of the core rim, the mobile core being capable of being disposed between the pair of plates to permit the vertebral endplates to move relative to one another. The spikes on each of the plates extend substantially away from the mobile core and the convex surfaces are formed to integrally fit within the concave trough of at least one of the plates. The core rim limits lateral movement of the mobile core relative to the parallel plates. One or more insertion tools for inserting and implanting the replacement disc are also described.

Claim (Index 21):
An artificial disc system comprising:\n an artificial disc comprising:\n first and second substantially parallel plates formed to occupy a space defined by vertebral endplates of a spine, each of the first and second plates including an endplate-engaging surface having plurality of anchors and a core-engaging surface positioned opposite the endplate-engaging surface; and \n a mobile core sized and configured to be positioned between the first and second plates to permit the first and second plates to move relative to one another, wherein the anchors on the endplate-engaging surface extend substantially away from the mobile core and the core-engaging surfaces engage first and second plate-engaging surfaces of the mobile core, wherein both of the first and second plate-engaging surface are configured to slide against adjacent core-engaging surfaces of the first and second plate and wherein at least one of the first and second plate-engaging surface of the mobile core is substantially convex such that the first plate can move with respect to the second plate about an x-axis for lateral bending, a y-axis for flexion/extension, and a z-axis for axial rotation of the spine; and \n a surgical tool for inserting the artificial disc between vertebral endplates, the surgical tool comprising:\n a handle; \n an elongate insertion portion extending distally away from the handle portion; and \n an implant holder connected at a distal end of the elongate insertion portion and having a first tip sized and configured to engage the first plate and a second tip size and configured to engage the second plate so as to hold both the first and second plates relatively firmly during insertion and position of the first and second plates in the space defined by the vertebral endplates of the spine.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11842
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13893326', '14739327', '11943334', '12889328', '12258961']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8225525455055909
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5944938410253547
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7997466750575672
- Mean Citation Score: 443.42574
- Max Citation Score: 583.36194
- Similarity Product: 496.9743709525466

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