PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "264000"]

Abstract:
A horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screw (HTCN) including a body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is opposed to the second end; and a head at the first end of the body portion, wherein the body portion has a predetermined curvilinear shape and includes a pointed tip at the second end of the body portion, and a method of surgically implanting universal horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screws (HTCN) into a plurality of adjacent vertebrae.

Claim (Index 2):
A spinal fusion implant comprising:\n a first curvilinear nail-screw for penetration and implantation into a first vertebral body along a first curved trajectory that avoids penetrating pedicles, wherein the first curvilinear nail screw extends from a first proximal end to a first distal end along the first curved trajectory with a first head at the first proximal end and a first bone penetrating pointed tip at the first distal end, wherein the first curvilinear nail-screw comprises first means for engaging a first cancellous core of the first vertebral body positioned along a first distal portion of the first curvilinear nail-screw proximate the first distal end; a second curvilinear nail-screw for penetration and implantation into a second vertebral body along a second curved trajectory that avoids penetrating pedicles, wherein the second curvilinear nail screw extends from a second proximal end to a second distal end along the second curved trajectory with a second head at the second proximal end and a second bone penetrating pointed tip at the second distal end, wherein the second curvilinear nail-screw comprises second means for engaging a second cancellous core of the second vertebral body positioned along a second distal portion of the second curvilinear nail-screw proximate the second distal end; and a connecting support structure defining a first hole sized and configured for receiving the first curvilinear nail screw and a second hole sized and configured for receiving the second curvilinear nail screw such that the first curvilinear nail-screw is held with respect to the second curvilinear nail-screw with the first curvilinear nail-screw extending into the first vertebral body without penetrating pedicles and the second curvilinear nail-screw extending into the second vertebral body without penetrating pedicles.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04762
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12957776', '13210168', '13084543', '15054926', '13210150']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7879276636953744
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5882242422501284
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7679573215508497
- Mean Citation Score: 325.099556
- Max Citation Score: 582.2156
- Similarity Product: 480.694914088726

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

Dataset: test