PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments described herein provide an improved tendon anchoring device and method for securing a muscle tendon to a bone. In particular, implementations described herein, the devices and methods are useful for anchoring a tendon to a bone in a patient's arm, including for example, anchoring a bicep tendon to bore formed in the targeted bone of the arm.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for coupling a tendon to a bone, the method comprising:\n forming a tunnel in a bone, the tunnel comprising an opening and a wall circumscribing the opening; placing a tendon over the opening of the tunnel; placing a tendon anchoring device over the opening and at least a portion of the tendon, the anchoring device comprising:\n an elongated body comprising at least one concave side wall and at least one convex side wall extending longitudinally between first and second ends of the body; \n a tool engagement surface at the first end of the body; \n a tendon engagement surface at the second end of the body, the tendon engagement surface defining an archway bounded by overhanging portions of the convex side wall; \n a plurality of anchor ribs projecting laterally from the convex side wall; and \n a plurality of support ribs projecting laterally from the concave side wall; \n aligning the tendon engagement surface with the tendon to place the tendon within the archway; and placing the anchoring device carrying the tendon into the tunnel through the opening, thereby causing the anchor ribs to engage the wall of the tunnel and the support ribs to support the tendon against the wall of the tunnel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69231
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14701799', '14292222', '14610609', '13269460', '15164307']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8085447329577505
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5026337177519999
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7779536314371756
- Mean Citation Score: 238.50502000000003
- Max Citation Score: 332.91058
- Similarity Product: 289.49532905712124

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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