PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15989010
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["601", "148000"]

Abstract:
A traction device has a frame, a first bladder portion, a second bladder portion, and a third inflatable bladder portion. The first bladder expands in an outward direction a distance greater than in a transverse direction. The second bladder expands in a first angular direction. The second bladder is positioned generally inferior to and to the side of the first bladder. The third bladder expands in a second angular direction. Upon expanding in the outward direction, the first bladder bears against the back of the user's neck. Upon expanding in the transverse direction, the first bladder applies an angular traction to the cervical spine. Upon expanding in the first angular direction, the second bladder bears angularly against the back of the user's upper thoracic region. Upon expanding in the third angular direction, the third bladder bears angularly against the user's occiput.

Claim (Index 9):
A traction device comprising:\n a frame having a base and a neck support coupled to the base to support the neck of a user during use; a first inflatable bladder coupled to the neck support, the first inflatable bladder configured to expand in an outward direction from the neck support toward the neck of the user and expandable in a transverse direction substantially normal to the outward direction upon inflation; a second inflatable bladder coupled to the neck support and configured to expand in a first angular direction from the neck support, the second inflatable bladder being positioned generally inferior to the first inflatable bladder; and a third inflatable bladder coupled to the neck support and configured to be positioned superior to the first inflatable bladder, the third inflatable bladder being expandable in a second angular direction from the neck support toward a occiput of the user upon inflation; whereby upon the first inflatable bladder expanding in the outward direction, the first inflatable bladder bears outwardly against the back of the neck of the user as the first inflatable bladder is inflated and forces the cervical spine to curve forwardly, and upon expanding in the transverse direction, the first inflatable bladder applies an angular traction to the cervical spine as the first inflatable bladder is inflated; whereby upon the second inflatable bladder expanding in the first angular direction, the second inflatable bladder bears angularly against the back of the upper thoracic region of the user as the second inflatable bladder is inflated and forces the thoracic spine to decompress and reduces hyper-kyphosis of the upper thoracic spine; and whereby upon the third inflatable bladder expanding in the angular direction, the third inflatable bladder bears angularly against the occiput of the user as the third inflatable bladder is inflated to decompress the occipital-cervical junction; wherein the first inflatable bladder is positioned anteriorly to the second inflatable bladder and the third inflatable bladder; and wherein first inflatable bladder is of a first shape and the second inflatable bladder and the third inflatable bladder are of a second shape different than the first shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.2
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14152331', '14286668', '14085432', '12288073', '12970539']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7307822812858974
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6315475954370876
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7208588127010164
- Mean Citation Score: 496.818018
- Max Citation Score: 656.89594
- Similarity Product: 562.6717990091396

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