PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870406
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
An artificial replacement disc includes a pair of substantially parallel plates formed to occupy a space defined by vertebral endplates, each of the plates including a plurality of spikes on a first surface and a concave trough formed on a second surface opposite of the first surface. A mobile core includes a core rim with opposing convex surfaces extending from opposite sides of the core rim, the mobile core being capable of being disposed between the pair of plates to permit the vertebral endplates to move relative to one another. The spikes on each of the plates extend substantially away from the mobile core and the convex surfaces are formed to integrally fit within the concave trough of at least one of the plates. The core rim limits lateral movement of the mobile core relative to the parallel plates. One or more insertion tools for inserting and implanting the replacement disc are also described.

Claim (Index 22):
The artificial disc system of  claim 21 , wherein the core-engaging surface of the first plate is substantially concave and is sized and shaped for engaging a convex portion of the first plate-engaging surface of the mobile core, wherein the plurality of anchors on the endplate-engaging surface of the first plate comprise a first group of anchors on a left side of the first plate and a second group of anchors on a right side of the first plate with a middle portion of the first plate having no anchors between the first and second groups of anchors, wherein the plurality of anchors on the endplate-engaging surface of the second plate comprise a third group of anchors on a left side of the second plate and a fourth group of anchors on a right side of the second plate with a middle portion of the second plate having no anchors between the third and fourth groups of anchors, wherein the implant holder comprises a claw having first and second curved portions that engage the first plate to hold the first endplate, wherein the first curved portion of the claw is pivotable with respect to the second curved portion of the claw so as to release the first endplate when the claw is opened.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11842
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13893326', '14739327', '11943334', '12889328', '12258961']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8453740672280153
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5675098308528345
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8175876435904973
- Mean Citation Score: 443.42574
- Max Citation Score: 583.36194
- Similarity Product: 390.3810136747062

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

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