PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926069
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "267000"]

Abstract:
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member. The distal portion of the wing can define a bone anchor opening through which one or more auxiliary bone anchors can be disposed to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to a proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a caudal direction or a cephalad direction. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to the proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a medial direction or a lateral direction. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 25):
The method of  claim 22 , wherein the closure mechanism comprises a threaded post having a radially extending shoulder portion and wherein coupling the proximal portion of the wing to at least one of the closure mechanism and the proximal terminal end of the receiver member comprises:\n disposing at least a portion of the threaded post through the opening formed in the proximal portion of the wing; and receiving the radially extending shoulder portion that extends at least partially above the proximal terminal end of the receiver member in a counter bore formed about the opening in the distal-facing surface of the proximal portion of the wing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24638
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15073020', '15623444', '15208872', '15208847', '15430188']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8425036986212844
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5481192585534147
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8130652546144974
- Mean Citation Score: 378.97514
- Max Citation Score: 491.16904000000005
- Similarity Product: 361.94496953681954

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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