PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893911
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "020160"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides for a variety of fracture fixation options should a fracture occur after total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty, and provides associated methods and apparatus for application of provided fixation. The ability to pre-engineer fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Said methods and apparatus include targeting devices which allow for intimate association of fixed angle locking screws in pre-drilled holes in an existing prosthetic, femoral nail, or other components including additional fixation components. Use of pre-engineered fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Such apparatus and methods further include the use of alignment devices and other components to allow for ease of repair of periprosthetic fractures utilizing the pre-engineered solutions. Such targeting devices are required in specific circumstances as the prosthetics may prevent x-ray imaging and consequently free hand alignment.

Claim (Index 1):
A prosthesis comprising:\n a joint interface surface, configured to articulate in situ against a second joint interface surface of a companion joint structure; one or more contingent features integrally disposed on or within the prosthesis; and a removable contingent component interfaced with at least one of the contingent features, wherein the removable contingent component is for use in:\n providing access for insertion of a fracture stabilization component within a medullary canal of a bone in which the prosthesis is configured to reside; \n exposing the one or more contingent features; and \n securing the fracture stabilization component with the prosthesis; and \n wherein the removable contingent component is further for use in securing an aligning arm in mechanical registration with both the prosthesis and the fracture stabilization component.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02273
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15372609', '15068923', '14200678', '13398512', '13753996']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8131642406583345
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6324145098086025
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7950892675733613
- Mean Citation Score: 524.8825420000002
- Max Citation Score: 610.76
- Similarity Product: 597.4536341714859

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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