PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018368
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "278000"]

Abstract:
The present application generally relates to orthopedic stabilization systems, and in particular, to systems including clamps. The clamps can be used in addition to or to replace hooks that grasp onto bone members, such as the lamina. One example of such a clamp is an in-line clamp that includes a central opening for receiving a rod member, a first opening for receiving a set screw and a second opening for receiving an elastic member therethrough. Another example of such a clamp is an off-set clamp that includes an upper plate, a bottom plate, and an opening for receiving a rod therein. The upper plate can be separated from the bottom plate to make space for an elastic member that can be secured within the plates. Tulip clamps that utilize one or more elastic members are also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
A method comprising:\n positioning a clamp on a bone member; positioning an elastic member around the bone member; and tensioning the elastic member with an instrument having a lower member and a detachable upper member, wherein the lower member comprises a clamp holder having fingers for grasping the clamp and the upper member comprises a tensioner driver for tensioning the elastic member, wherein upward translation of the tensioner driver increases tension on the elastic member, wherein the clamp holder is located at a distal end of a shaft, the lower member of the instrument includes a sleeve that extends over the shaft and to place the fingers in a closed configuration to retain the clamp when the sleeve is in a first position and to place the fingers in an open configuration to receive the clamp when the sleeve is in a second position, and wherein the lower member of the instrument includes a sleeve release button that allows the sleeve to move along a longitudinal path over the shaft between the second position and the first position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0411
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15044251', '14053281', '13785487', '14644428', '15980956']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7312579589173684
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5621178325432173
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7143439462799533
- Mean Citation Score: 288.101454
- Max Citation Score: 464.507
- Similarity Product: 437.6225880010128

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