PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16270949
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Surgical repair systems and techniques for plantar plate repairs. The surgical repair systems and methods reconstruct the plantar plate through a dorsal incision. The surgical repair system embodies a variety of instruments that provide visualization and access to the plantar plate using suture to complete the repair. The repair system may include some or all of the following instruments: a metatarsal head pusher employed in open surgical space, to move the “capital fragment” in a controlled manner; a suture retriever instrument and a suture retriever funnel (sleeve); a suture passer such as a Mini Scorpion DX and accompanying needle, or a variety of shaped Micro Suture Lassos; a measuring guide; and a small joint distractor.

Claim (Index 7):
The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first-wire and the second k-wire are positioned within passages formed through the distractor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437079', '15018832', '13623837', '14543377', '15496632']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.788464212095902
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6494345218063264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7745612430669445
- Mean Citation Score: 421.686008
- Max Citation Score: 826.2773
- Similarity Product: 594.5877348762035

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

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