PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15975267
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A spinal fusion system may include an interbody fusion cage, a fixation plate, and an implanter. The interbody fusion cage may include a proximal region, a distal region opposite the proximal region, a superior region, an inferior region opposite the superior region, and an open volume between the proximal and distal regions. The superior and inferior regions are located between the proximal and distal regions and are configured such that, when the interbody fusion cage is implanted in the disc space, the superior region contracts the inferior end plate and the inferior region contacts the superior end plate. The fixation plate is receivable in the open volume of the interbody fusion cage and includes a superior blade and an inferior blade. At least one of the blades includes a first opening defined therein. The fixation plate is displaceable between a non-deployed state and a deployed state.

Claim (Index 43):
The method of  claim 42 , wherein the proximal region of said interbody fusion cage comprises an open configuration, and wherein an implanter is coupled to proximal region of the interbody fusion cage, and wherein the implanter comprises a ramp projecting distally from a distal end of the implanter, and wherein the method further includes the step of abutting the deployable blades against sloped surfaces of said ramp to cause said deployable blades to respectively penetrate said superior and inferior endplates.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75862
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14599250', '15454287', '15946874', '15947063', '15946910']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.859292977130448
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5641483997172501
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8297785193891283
- Mean Citation Score: 390.791926
- Max Citation Score: 527.8959
- Similarity Product: 390.9369489741146

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