PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749719
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to an implant ( 1 ) for sealing a defect ( 7 c ) in the annulus fibrosus ( 7 a ) of an intervertebral disc ( 7 ), comprising a retaining portion ( 3 ) for introducing into the defect ( 7 c ), a flexible sealing element which is connected to an inner end of the retaining portion, and a securing element ( 2 ) which is connected to the outer end of the retaining portion and which can be fixed to a vertebra ( 8 ) adjoining the intervertebral disc in order to hold the retaining portion ( 3 ) in a fixed position. According to the invention, this is achieved in that a securing limb ( 2 ), which is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the retaining portion, is arranged on the outer end of the retaining portion ( 3 ), said securing limb being designed for laterally contacting a bony structure of a vertebra adjacent to the intervertebral disc and being securable on the vertebra by means of a fixing element which can be moved relative to the securing limb. The sealing element has inner reinforcements.

Claim (Index 17):
An implant for sealing a defect in an anulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disc, with a retaining portion for insertion into the defect, a flexible sealing element connected to an inner end of the retaining portion and a securing limb, connected to the outer end of the retaining portion, which can be fixed to a vertebra adjoining the intervertebral disc, in order to hold the retaining portion in a fixed position, wherein the flexible sealing element has internal reinforcements, wherein the flexible sealing element has a reduced projected area in a top view from a front along a longitudinal axis of the retaining portion in a first state and has a widened projected area, which is at least twice the reduced projected area, in a second state, wherein the securing limb is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the retaining portion and is arranged on the outer end of the retaining portion, which securing limb is designed to be laid laterally against a bony structure of the vertebra adjoining the intervertebral disc and can be secured to the vertebra with the aid of a fixing element which is movable relative to the securing limb.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71053
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14579852', '12987966', '10945336', '12987970', '10945084']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8583712303946396
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4694962664464597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8194837339998217
- Mean Citation Score: 217.002748
- Max Citation Score: 222.7835
- Similarity Product: 164.67880028992892

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

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