PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962145
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "257000"]

Abstract:
A segmented rod assembly for aligning a spine having a plurality of vertebrae, including a rod, including a plurality of segments, the plurality of segments having at least a first segment arranged to be slidingly secured to a first vertebra of the spine, a second segment arranged to be fixedly secured to a second vertebra of the spine, and a third segment arranged between the first and second segments to be connected to a third vertebra of the spine, a tensioning member arranged within the plurality of segments, the tensioning member having a first end secured to the first segment and a second end.

Claim (Index 21):
A segmented rod assembly for aligning a spine having a plurality of vertebrae, comprising:\n a first clamp arranged to be secured to a first vertebra of the spine; a second clamp arranged to be secured to a second vertebra of the spine; a third clamp arranged to be secured to a third vertebra of the spine, the third vertebra located between the first vertebra and the second vertebra; a rod, including:\n a plurality of segments, the plurality of segments having at least:\n a first segment slidingly engaged with the first clamp; \n a second segment fixedly secured to the second clamp; and, \n a third segment connected to the third clamp; and, \n \n a flexible shaft arranged within the plurality of segments, the flexible shaft having a first end secured to the first segment and a second end connected to the second segment; \n wherein when the flexible shaft is rotated in a first circumferential direction the plurality of segments are drawn each other to engage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.02703
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15595292', '14995382', '11946644', '13086149', '13923799']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7739161480660006
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4818127650591847
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.744705809765319
- Mean Citation Score: 246.08169
- Max Citation Score: 299.82968
- Similarity Product: 271.22918835683816

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

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