PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976143
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. An access cannula may be introduced over the first dilator tube. A drill may be inserted through the access cannula and used to perform a foraminoplasty. Surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for accessing a patient's intervertebral disc to be treated in orthopedic surgery, comprising the steps of:\n introducing a guiding element along a posterolateral trajectory towards the intervertebral disc; passing at least one dilator over the guiding element; passing an outer cannula over the guiding element, wherein a distal end of the outer cannula is positioned to allow direct visualization of an exiting nerve; performing a foraminoplasty through the outer cannula; and inserting an inner access cannula through the outer cannula.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76786
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14183108', '13794035', '15049425', '13934003', '13245130']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8474758110470214
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.573868562997986
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8201150862421178
- Mean Citation Score: 485.579202
- Max Citation Score: 504.53848
- Similarity Product: 500.5009610667133

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

Dataset: test