PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944117
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatus is disclosed which includes at least first and second sliding boxes. A first screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body is disposed within the first sliding box, and a second screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body disposed within the second sliding box. An adjuster adjusts the height of the sliding boxes. The screw members are screwed into vertebral bodies in order to fuse the vertebral bodies together. A plurality of the self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatuses may be attached together and/or integrated via a plate or cage. Also disclosed is a cervical facet staple that includes a curved staple base and at least two prongs attached to the bottom surface of the curved staple base.

Claim (Index 35):
The method of  claim 34 , wherein the intervertebral cage is inserted via an insertion tool having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the insertion tool defines first and second tool anchor guides at the distal end, wherein the distal end of the insertion tool is configured to engage the intervertebral cage with the first and second tool anchor guides aligned with the first and second internal anchor guides of the intervertebral cage, and wherein the first and second anchors are inserted through the first and second tool anchor guides, respectively, into the first and second internal anchor guides, respectively, while the insertion tool is engaged with the intervertebral cage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95652
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13210168', '15894471', '13210150', '13210162', '15054926']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.911973933604627
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6721090565723415
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8879874459013984
- Mean Citation Score: 854.8590200000001
- Max Citation Score: 862.05334
- Similarity Product: 672.8883258516396

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