PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034869
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "266000"]

Abstract:
Spinal fixation system connectors comprising spring cage elements. In some embodiments, an engagement member, such as a bone screw, may be configured to be coupled with and received within a connector body. A spring cage structure may also be configured to be coupled with the connector body. The spring cage structure may comprise a spring configured to be positioned in a relaxed configuration and a flexed configuration, such that the spring defines an opening having a first size in the relaxed configuration and a second, larger size in the flexed configuration to allow the opening to receive and engage a head of the engagement member within the connector body.

Claim (Index 7):
The spinal fixation system of  claim 6 , wherein the spring is further configured such that, in the flexed configuration, the inner surface is configured to engage the upper portion of the head without simultaneously engaging the lower portion of the head.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10714
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15069663', '10549873', '12484054', '14289940', '12125612']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8020765294890253
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5835144652562874
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7802203230657515
- Mean Citation Score: 316.113238
- Max Citation Score: 537.41724
- Similarity Product: 460.5866234772205

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