PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954414
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A bone fusion device provides stability to bones during a bone fusion period. The bones include, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable tabs attached to the bone fusion device by associated rotating means. The bone fusion device is preferably inserted by using an arthroscopic surgical procedure. During arthroscopic insertion of the device, the tabs are pre-configured for compactness. In this compact configuration, the tabs are preferably deposed along and/or within an exterior surface of the bone fusion device. After the bone fusion device has been positioned between the bones, one or more tab(s) are extended. In the preferred embodiment, the position of each tab is related to a positioning element and extending blocks. Typically, the tabs advantageously position and brace the bone fusion device in the confined space between the bones until the bones have fused.

Claim (Index 66):
The bone fusion device of  claim 63 , wherein the retention springs comprise one or more wires each coupled to the one or more stops of two or more of the tabs such that the wires resist separation of the two or more tabs thereby biasing the tabs in the retracted position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95294
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13482778', '14067813', '14885777', '13838119', '15358581']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8609844832190339
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5696780964651883
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8318538445436493
- Mean Citation Score: 461.111896
- Max Citation Score: 574.78534
- Similarity Product: 405.07205515587816

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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