PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954414
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A bone fusion device provides stability to bones during a bone fusion period. The bones include, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable tabs attached to the bone fusion device by associated rotating means. The bone fusion device is preferably inserted by using an arthroscopic surgical procedure. During arthroscopic insertion of the device, the tabs are pre-configured for compactness. In this compact configuration, the tabs are preferably deposed along and/or within an exterior surface of the bone fusion device. After the bone fusion device has been positioned between the bones, one or more tab(s) are extended. In the preferred embodiment, the position of each tab is related to a positioning element and extending blocks. Typically, the tabs advantageously position and brace the bone fusion device in the confined space between the bones until the bones have fused.

Claim (Index 60):
A bone fusion device for insertion into a desired location, comprising:\n a. a body having a first end, an interior cavity and one or more recesses; b. one or more tabs each having one or more stops protruding from a perimeter of the one or more tabs, wherein the one or more tabs are configured to selectively move from a retracted position within the body to an extended position extending out of the body in order to brace the bone fusion device in the desired location, wherein the one or more stops are held within the recesses and prevent the one or more tabs from separating from the body; c. a positioning element positioned through the first end of the body and substantially within the interior cavity of the body; and d. one or more extending blocks coupled to the positioning element for moving the one or more tabs between the retracted position and the extended position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95294
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13482778', '14067813', '14885777', '13838119', '15358581']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8389165008366348
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6015681993936864
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8151816706923399
- Mean Citation Score: 461.111896
- Max Citation Score: 574.78534
- Similarity Product: 533.3101970593979

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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