PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16290333
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["601", "005000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a therapeutic stretching apparatus, which in particular provides a user with a system for providing an assist to increase knee extension as well as for maintaining stability of the knee after surgery. This device can not only act as a therapeutic stretching apparatus but also can act as a primary post-op knee brace with locks/limits on hinge to prevent user from further injuring the joint.

Claim (Index 1):
A therapeutic device for use on a length of a leg of a user, the length including an upper leg portion, a lower leg portion, and a knee intermediate the upper leg portion and the lower leg portion, the device comprising:\n a proximal framework portion configured for attachment relative to the upper leg portion; one or more proximal framework securing members operatively coupled to the proximal framework portion, the proximal framework securing members configured for securing the proximal framework portion to the upper leg portion; a distal framework portion configured for attachment relative to the lower leg portion; at least one operative connection intermediate to and operatively connecting the proximal and distal framework portions, the operative connection configured to facilitate manipulation of the proximal and distal framework portions in device flexion when the device is attached to the leg and when the leg is in flexion; and a distal bridge attached to the distal framework portion, wherein the distal bridge is configured not to touch or otherwise attach to the anteromedian portion of the upper leg portion; and an extension assistor attached to the distal bridge, wherein the extension assistor is configured to selectively discourage device flexion of the proximal and distal framework portions relative to one another, and, when activated, the extension assistor selectively encourages device extension of the proximal and distal framework portions relative to one another, thereby causing the leg to be urged into extension.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13838308', '15902237', '11708289', '12232199', '10187008']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6637296276493821
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5540390960155647
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6527605744860004
- Mean Citation Score: 302.260682
- Max Citation Score: 438.31314
- Similarity Product: 400.75635052155366

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

Dataset: test