PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917064
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "246000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a surgical system and related methods to facilitate reduction and fixation of sacro-iliac luxations/fractures (SIL/F) in small animals, for example dogs and cats. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to an aiming device and related methods providing accurate, reliable, and safe fixation of SIL/F in such small animals. The surgical system includes a work surface, an articulatable and lockable reduction arm mounted to the work surface, a reduction handle mounted to the reduction arm; an articulatable and lockable fixation arm mounted to the work surface, a fixation drill guide mounted to the fixation arm, and an image acquisition unit directed toward the work surface. The surgical system provides enhanced safety to surgical personnel using the system in terms of reduced exposure to harmful radiation form the image acquisition unit.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for minimally invasive osteosynthesis of sacroiliac luxations/fractures, the method comprising:\n placing a surgical subject on the work surface of the system of  claim 1 ; attaching the reduction handle to the surgical subject; positioning and orienting the surgical subject using the reduction arm and the reduction handle; visually confirming proper position and orientation of the surgical subject using the image acquisition unit; locking the reduction arm in place relative to the work surface; inserting the fixation drill guide into the surgical subject at a position for minimally invasive osteosynthesis of a sacroiliac luxation or fracture in the surgical subject; positioning and orienting the fixation drill guide using the fixation arm; visually confirming proper position and orientation of the fixation drill guide using the image acquisition unit; locking the fixation arm in place relative to the work surface; and inserting a fixation screw through the fixation drill guide and into the surgical subject.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20896
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10724875', '10903649', '14613139', '11410846', '11449097']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7908700116458905
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4736642896937026
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7591494394506718
- Mean Citation Score: 236.881754
- Max Citation Score: 250.53812
- Similarity Product: 189.1648809490728

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

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