PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875221
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "060000"]

Abstract:
A sternotomy closure technique is suitably carried out with a cerclage mechanism which is capable of maintaining proper bony compression (within a desired range) across the sternum cut, in spite of a range of external forces and significant lateral distraction due to these external forces. The sternum fragments are aligned in apposition disposed around a longitudinal seam and secured with a resilient element. The resilient element is tensioned to a desired tension to compress the sternum to a desired compression range. The resilient element is then elongated and contracted while accepting multiple cycles of physiological distracting forces across the sternum while maintaining contact pressure across the longitudinal seam within a desired range for a length of time sufficient for bony healing. The resilient element is preferably a polymer cable comprising an elongated elastic polymeric core coaxially surrounded by a sheath woven from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene strands.

Claim (Index 13):
The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said tensioning is automatically controlled to vary the tension applied to fix the at least one cerclage cable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7033
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13796209', '14153019', '15444469', '14178107', '10830130']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.789440255632534
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4834251451997676
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7588387445892573
- Mean Citation Score: 219.40571200000005
- Max Citation Score: 235.17244
- Similarity Product: 156.09703701804162

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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