PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862687
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "064000"]

Abstract:
Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.

Claim (Index 16):
A cannula system for inserting an intramedullary nail into a bone, the cannula system comprising:\n a cannula assembly comprising:\n a flexible cannula extending from a rigid handle with a through passage extending through the flexible cannula and the rigid handle, the flexible cannula and the rigid handle further defining axial pin slots extending adjacent to the through passage; and \n a drill sleeve comprising:\n a sleeve portion configured to be received in the flexible cannula; \n a housing portion from which the sleeve portion extends, the housing portion configured such that a portion thereof is received in the through passage within the rigid handle; and \n a pair of release triggers hingedly connected to the housing portion, each release trigger defining at least one projection configured to releasably engage within the rigid handle to lock the drill sleeve relative to the cannula assembly, \n wherein each of the release triggers defines a guide area which aligns with a respective axial pin slot such that a fixation pin may be passed past the housing portion and through the axial pin slot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73171
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15441457', '15423773', '13188104', '15272850', '14695760']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7847278423261996
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.49950561448128
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7562056195417077
- Mean Citation Score: 282.3984680000001
- Max Citation Score: 324.24536
- Similarity Product: 225.85790225985528

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