PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15864126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "249000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides spinous process implant and associated methods. In one aspect of the invention the implant limits the maximum spacing between the spinous processes. In another aspect of the invention, a spacer has at least one transverse opening to facilitate tissue in-growth. In another aspect of the invention, an implant includes a spacer and separate extensions engageable with the spacer. The spacer is provided in a variety of lengths and superior to inferior surface spacings. In another aspect of the invention, an implant includes a spacer and a cerclage element offset from the midline of the spacer in use so that the spacer defines a fulcrum and the cerclage element is operative to impart a moment to the vertebrae about the spacer. In another aspect of the invention, instrumentation for inserting the implant is provided. In other aspects of the invention, methods for treating spine disease are provided.

Claim (Index 25):
An implant system for placement between spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae of a spine, the system comprising:\n a first implant spanning a first spinous process on a first vertebrae and a second spinous process on a second vertebrae, the first implant comprising:\n a first spacer with a first end, a second end, a hollow cylindrical body, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, the spacer comprising superior and inferior surfaces operable to abut the first spinous process and the second spinious process to maintain minimum spacing between the first spinous process and the second spinous process; \n a first extension integral with and projecting from the first end of the first spacer transverse to the longitudinal axis, the first extension including a first lobe extending superiorly long a first extension axis to engage the first spinous process and a second lobe extending inferiorly long a second extension axis to engage the second spinous process, wherein the first extension axis is offset anteriorly from the second extension axis; and \n a second extension slidably engageable with the spacer opposing the first extension, the second extension including a third lobe extending superiorly long a third extension axis to engage the first spinous process opposite the first lobe and a fourth lobe extending inferiorly long a fourth extension axis to engage the second spinous process opposite the second lobe; and \n a second implant spanning the second spinous process on the second vertebrae and a third spinous process on a third vertebrae, the second implant comprising:\n a second spacer with a first end, a second end, a hollow cylindrical body, and a second longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, the second spacer comprising superior and inferior surfaces operable to abut the second spinous process and the third spinious process to maintain minimum spacing between the second spinous process and the third spinous process; \n a third extension integral with and projecting from the first end of the second spacer transverse to the second longitudinal axis, the third extension including a fifth lobe extending superiorly long a fifth extension axis to engage the second spinous process adjacent to the second lobe and a sixth lobe extending inferiorly long a sixth extension axis to engage the third spinous process, wherein the fifth extension axis is offset anteriorly from the sixth extension axis; and \n a fourth extension slidably engageable with the second spacer opposing the third extension, the fourth extension including a seventh lobe extending superiorly long a seventh extension axis to engage the second spinous process adjacent the fourth lobe and a eighth lobe extending inferiorly long an eighth extension axis to engage the third spinous process opposite the sixth lobe.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23288
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15242960', '12751856', '11934604', '12538710', '14992323']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8411293233417073
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5502218021212377
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8120385712196604
- Mean Citation Score: 445.22773400000005
- Max Citation Score: 468.8939
- Similarity Product: 429.4516465704679

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

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