PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16033050
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["623", "020160"]

Abstract:
This disclosure is directed to a resilient interpositional arthroplasty implant. Such implants function to pad cartilage defects, cushion, and replace or restore the articular surface, which may preserve joint integrity, reduce pain and improve function. The implant may endure variable joint compressive and shear forces and cyclic loads. The implant may repair, reconstruct, and regenerate joint anatomy, and thereby improve upon joint replacement alternatives. The walls of this invention may capture, distribute and hold living cells until aggregation and hyaline cartilage regrowth occurs. The implant may be deployed into debrided joint spaces, molding and conforming to surrounding structures with sufficient stability so as to enable immediate limb use after outpatient surgery. Appendages of the implant may repair or reconstruct tendons or ligaments, and menisci by interpositional inflatable or compliant polymer arthroplasties that promote anatomic joint motion.

Claim (Index 6):
An implant system comprising:\n (a) an implant configured for deployment between a femur and a patella of a knee joint, the implant comprising a first portion that is configured to directly engage a medial condyle and a lateral condyle of the femur of the knee joint, a second portion that is configured to directly engage the patella of the knee joint, a first appendage configured to couple the first portion to a first condyle of the femur of the knee joint, the first appendage having a pre-set curvature configured to simulate curvature of the first condyle and at least one pre-formed hole for securing the first appendage to the first condyle, a second appendage configured to couple the first portion to a second condyle of the femur of the knee joint, the second appendage having a pre-set curvature configured to simulate curvature of the second condyle and at least one pre-formed hole for securing the second appendage to the second condyle, a slot between the first appendage and the second appendage, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the first appendage, and the second appendage together comprise a single contiguous polymeric sheet, and (b) at least one coupler wherein the at least one coupler is accommodated by at least one pre-formed hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56122
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15651958', '14239992', '13574499', '15807901', '15608885']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8428523780958064
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6639936731700922
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.824966507603235
- Mean Citation Score: 633.381172
- Max Citation Score: 693.4233
- Similarity Product: 668.0655864968063

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