PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972454
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws includes a pair of end guide tools that receive opposite ends of the rod in channels and under manipulation by a surgeon facilitate transport of the rod toward the bone screws attached to the guide tools. Each end guide tool includes a laterally extending, rigid, rod holding structure located near a bottom surface thereof. Intermediate guide tools having pass-through slots are utilized to guide the rod to the bone screws at intermediate locations. For bone screw implantation, the end guide tools and intermediate guide tools are assembled with a driver. The driver is coaxial with the respective guide tool and rotatingly mateable thereto. The driver includes a stem and a nut-type fastener, the stem receivable in the guide tool. The fastener allows for rotation of the bone screw without rotating the attached guide tool. For reducing a rod into the bone screw, a rod pusher is deployed that is coaxial with a respective guide tool and includes an outer sleeve that abuts the rod as the sleeve is translated along the guide tool and toward the bone screw. A method utilizing the tool set allows a surgeon to percutaneously implant the bone screws and the rod in the patient.

Claim (Index 9):
The tool set of  claim 2  further comprising a driving tool attachable to the guide tool, the driving tool receivable in the channel and operably attachable to the spinal implant for rotating and driving the spinal implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.43617
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14968623', '11541321', '10996289', '13507471', '14041552']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9292399837823004
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5739517903616568
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8937111644402361
- Mean Citation Score: 520.7696520000002
- Max Citation Score: 550.4234
- Similarity Product: 491.55375556721685

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

Dataset: test