PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034869
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "266000"]

Abstract:
Spinal fixation system connectors comprising spring cage elements. In some embodiments, an engagement member, such as a bone screw, may be configured to be coupled with and received within a connector body. A spring cage structure may also be configured to be coupled with the connector body. The spring cage structure may comprise a spring configured to be positioned in a relaxed configuration and a flexed configuration, such that the spring defines an opening having a first size in the relaxed configuration and a second, larger size in the flexed configuration to allow the opening to receive and engage a head of the engagement member within the connector body.

Claim (Index 1):
A spinal fixation system, comprising:\n a connector body configured to be coupled with a spinal fixation rod; an engagement member comprising a head configured to be coupled with and received within the connector body; a spring cage structure configured to be coupled with the connector body; and a saddle configured to be positioned within the connector body, to engage the spinal fixation rod, and to be coupled with an upper portion of the spring cage structure, wherein the spring cage structure comprises a spring having at least one helical cut extending between opposing surfaces of the spring cage structure, wherein a first helical cut extends from an opening in a bottom surface of the spring cage structure to an opening in a top surface of the spring cage structure, the spring configured to be positioned in a relaxed configuration, a flexed configuration, and a compressed configuration, wherein the spring is configured to define an opening having a first size in the relaxed configuration, wherein the spring is configured to expand such that the opening has a second size in the flexed configuration, wherein the second size is larger than the first size, and wherein the opening is configured to receive and engage the head of the engagement member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10714
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15069663', '10549873', '12484054', '14289940', '12125612']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.778822101814331
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5943455303168731
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7603744446645853
- Mean Citation Score: 316.113238
- Max Citation Score: 537.41724
- Similarity Product: 516.9411604124522

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