PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980026
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "266000"]

Abstract:
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods of installing the same. The orthopedic fixation device may include a coupling element and a bone fastener, whereby the bone fastener can be loaded into the coupling element through the bottom of a bore in the coupling element.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of installing an orthopedic fixation device comprising:\n inserting a locking clamp assembly into a bore in a coupling element, wherein the locking clamp assembly comprises a wedge element and a clamp element, the clamp element having a spherical outer surface, a spherical inner surface, a plurality of slits extending through the clamp element, and a rim extending transverse to the plurality of slits; inserting a spherical head of a bone fastener into the clamp element such that the clamp element engages the head; angling the bone fastener and the clamp element relative to the coupling element; and moving the wedge element downward such that spherical outer surface of the clamp element engages the interior surface of the coupling element forcing the clamp element to clamp onto the head of the bone fastener to lock the relative angle of the bone fastener to the coupling element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14849736', '15645006', '14514796', '15964314', '15963242']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8371840894238677
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5576343336476439
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8092291138462453
- Mean Citation Score: 448.98395
- Max Citation Score: 479.46808
- Similarity Product: 447.66561205151567

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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