PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15884493
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
An expandable intervertebral spacer has a plurality of arms. The arms can be retracted or extended. The spacer has a width that is narrower than the width between the nerve roots near the posterior approach to an intervertebral space. Once inserted into the intervertebral space, the arms can be deployed. The deployed arms expand the height and width of the spacer. Once deployed, the spacer stabilizes two adjacent vertebrae. The arms are interconnected mechanically to deploy simultaneously.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for stabilizing a first vertebra relative to a second vertebra which comprises:\n inserting an expandable intervertebral spacer in a retracted position into the intervertebral space; and expanding the expandable intervertebral spacer, wherein the expandable intervertebral spacer comprises a cylindrical body, a central axle extending through the cylindrical body, a first arm assembly comprising a plurality of first curved arms, and a second arm assembly comprising a plurality of second curved arms, wherein when the central axle is rotated, a width and a height of the expandable implant is expanded.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79167
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13763012', '13031313', '11050632', '15678801', '13333065']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8225060070384642
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5412520869422728
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7943806150288452
- Mean Citation Score: 306.472602
- Max Citation Score: 451.02756
- Similarity Product: 370.8175202083541

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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