PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15975308
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600R"]

Abstract:
A pedicle insulator implant is designed to protect the nerves and surrounding tissue from injury by pedicle screws or other surgical devices and instruments. In its basic structure, the implant has a thicker section and a thinner section, the thicker section providing protection for nerves and other sensitive tissues while the thinner section can be deformable and provides grip. In one variation of the basic structure, the thinner section possess a rough surface when it is desirable in situations to provide further grip of the assembly and prevent rotation during the insertion of, for example, a pedicle screw.

Claim (Index 22):
The method of  claim 20 , wherein driving the distal end of the fixture into tissue into which the implant is inserted comprises urging an intermediate segment of the fixture through the interior cavity of the implant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65625
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14723620', '11751708', '11712257', '14281013', '14620231']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7313773081393226
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5097200778536679
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7092115851107571
- Mean Citation Score: 189.990242
- Max Citation Score: 300.067
- Similarity Product: 178.47224893695113

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