PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934746
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "064000"]

Abstract:
An implant comprising a multi-directional locking mechanism that allows a bone fixation device, such as a screw, to be rigidly affixed to the implant in a plurality of angles relative to the implant. The implant can be a bone plate, a component of a joint prosthesis or the like. The locking mechanism comprises a passage hole in the implant for passage of a bone fixation device therethrough. One or more beam members are arranged adjacent the passage hole and a space is associated with each beam member. Each space allows the associated beam member to move into or about the space upon axial and/or radial deformation of the beam member caused by fastening the bone fixation device to a bone. The beam members and associated elements of the locking mechanism are sufficiently thin to permit axial and/or radial deformation. And said deformation causes the fixation device to be locked in place relative to the implant.

Claim (Index 1):
A medical implant device comprising a locking mechanism for use in combination with a bone fixation device to secure the medical implant device to a bone, the medical implant device comprising:\n an implant having a passage hole therethrough for receiving the bone fixation device at any of a plurality of angles relative to the implant, the passage hole having a central axis and a periphery; a locking mechanism comprising a first beam member comprising a first side with a convex shape extending toward the central axis to a portion of the periphery, and a second side, opposite the first side, that defines: a space adjacent to the second side; wherein the first beam member is shaped and positioned such that, in response to advancement of the bone fixation device into the passage hole, the bone fixation device engages the first beam member in a manner that deforms the first beam member to cause the second side to enter the space and to cause the first beam member to resist withdrawal of the bone fixation device from the bone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15105449', '14301797', '12727641', '12710103', '10838933']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7643952423184818
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5524485704224988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7432005751288835
- Mean Citation Score: 269.391406
- Max Citation Score: 456.2889
- Similarity Product: 438.4585059878647

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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