PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894471
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatus is disclosed which includes at least first and second sliding boxes. A first screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body is disposed within the first sliding box, and a second screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body disposed within the second sliding box. An adjuster adjusts the height of the sliding boxes. The screw members are screwed into vertebral bodies in order to fuse the vertebral bodies together. A plurality of the self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatuses may be attached together and/or integrated via a plate or cage. Also disclosed is a cervical facet staple that includes a curved staple base and at least two prongs attached to the bottom surface of the curved staple base. .

Claim (Index 38):
A system to provide fusion of a first vertebral body to a second vertebral body via biological bone fusion and screw fusion, the system comprising:\n an intervertebral cage comprising a top portion and a bottom portion wherein the top portion comprises first and second projections that extend outward in opposite directions to engage slots defined in the bottom portion so as to operably connect the top portion to the bottom portion, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion combine to form a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the top wall is formed at least partially by the top portion and wherein the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the bottom wall are formed at least partially by the bottom portion, and wherein the intervertebral cage defines:\n an open space capable of receiving bone filling for biological bone fusion, \n a first side hole extending through the first sidewall of the bottom portion into the open space; \n a second side hole extending through the second sidewall of the bottom portion, wherein the second side hole is positioned opposite the first side hole, \n a first internal screw guide having a first entry opening and a first exit opening, the first entry opening formed at least partially in a top surface of the top portion at the top wall and the first exit opening formed at least partially in a bottom surface of the top portion at the top wall and at least partially in a first side surface of the top portion at the top wall, \n a second internal screw guide having a second entry opening and a second exit opening, the second entry opening formed at least partially in the top surface of the top portion at the top wall and the second exit opening formed at least partially in the bottom surface of the top portion at the top wall and at least partially in a second side surface of the top portion at the top wall, wherein the first internal screw guide and the second internal screw guide are angled to orient screw members bi-directionally, and \n a top hole extending into the top surface of the top portion between the first internal screw guide and the second internal screw guide at an angle that is substantially perpendicular to the top surface, wherein the top hole extends through the top portion, wherein the top hole is smaller than the first and second internal screw guides, and wherein the top hole is positioned along a centerline axis of the intervertebral cage that bisects the top surface; \n a first screw having a first screw head defining a first head indentation shaped for receiving a tool and a first threaded body that is sized and configured to be inserted through the first internal screw guide at a first angle so the first screw extends from the intervertebral cage into a first vertebral body adjacent the intervertebral cage when inserted in a disc space; and a second screw having a second screw head defining a second head indentation shaped for receiving the tool and a second threaded body that is sized and configured to be inserted through the second internal screw guide at a second angle different than the first angle so the first screw extends from the intervertebral cage into a second vertebral body adjacent the intervertebral cage when inserted in the disc space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97101
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13210168', '13210150', '13210162', '15054926', '13210157']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8971995868564653
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.7307307757444171
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8805527057452605
- Mean Citation Score: 876.310262
- Max Citation Score: 883.86945
- Similarity Product: 835.4307930155843

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