PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16126357
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["606", "305000"]

Abstract:
An instrument for holding and inserting a bone anchor into a bone is provided, where the bone anchor includes a shank for anchoring in the bone and a head. The instrument includes a holding member for holding the head of the bone anchor and has a plurality of arms configured to at least partially encompass the head, where the arms include an inner surface forming a seat for the head. The instrument also includes a drive shaft for engaging the head of the bone anchor and defining a longitudinal axis of the instrument. The instrument further includes a displacement member configured to act on the holding member. The holding member can assume a first configuration in which it is configured to permit the head to enter the seat and a second configuration in which it is configured to hold the head in the seat.

Claim (Index 1):
An instrument configured to hold a bone anchor comprising a shank for anchoring to a bone and a head, the instrument comprising:\n a holding member configured to hold the head of the bone anchor, wherein a first end of the holding member comprises a plurality of arms configured to at least partially encompass the head, and wherein an inner surface of the arms forms a seat for the head; and a drive shaft defining a longitudinal axis of the instrument, the drive shaft comprising an engagement portion for engaging the head of the bone anchor; wherein when the holding member and the drive shaft are assembled to one another, the holding member is positionable around and movable over a majority of the drive shaft, while the drive shaft is configured to directly engage another portion of the instrument to keep the drive shaft recessed and spaced apart axially from the first end of the holding member; wherein the instrument is adjustable from a first configuration wherein the arms of the holding member are movable radially outwardly to permit the head of the bone anchor to enter the seat, to a second configuration wherein the arms are restricted from moving radially outwardly to hold the head in the seat.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14645307', '15208872', '15208847', '15623444', '15695335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.772680486349194
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5304632524940904
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7484587629636835
- Mean Citation Score: 277.43137
- Max Citation Score: 413.09268
- Similarity Product: 375.3027085090685

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

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