PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15766483
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
An expandable, adjustable inter-body fusion device is presented. The inter-body fusion device can have a first plate, a second plate, and an insert positioned substantially therebetween the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, and the insert define an interior cavity. Rotation of the insert relative to the first and second plates increases or decreases the distance of the first plate with respect to the second plate, effectively expanding the inter-body fusion device and increasing the volume of the interior cavity. The angle between the first plate and the second plate is selectively adjustable.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of using an expandable inter-body fusion device during an inter-body fusion procedure, the method comprises:\n accessing a desired disc space in a patient; selecting an expandable inter-body fusion device size with an appropriate device height, the device comprising:\n a first plate having a first plate longitudinal axis, an upper bone contact surface and an opposed first plate inner surface; \n a second plate having a second plate longitudinal axis, a lower bone contact surface and an opposed second plate inner surface, wherein the second plate underlies at least a portion of the first plate; and \n an insert positioned substantially therebetween the first plate and the second plate, wherein the insert has an insert longitudinal axis and comprises a first member and a second member spaced from the first member a predetermined distance, and wherein the first member and the second member are each rotatable about the insert longitudinal axis between a first insert position and a second insert position; \n inserting the expandable inter-body fusion device into the desired disc space in the patient; and expanding the expandable inter-body fusion device from a first unexpanded position to a second expanded position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15521995', '15549169', '14216996', '14777494', '14062799']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7933149978685117
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5096985680751323
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7649533548891737
- Mean Citation Score: 314.479502
- Max Citation Score: 359.78046
- Similarity Product: 336.0072487240362

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

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