PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15892005
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["623", "020310"]

Abstract:
Systems for joint arthroplasty include prostheses which are secured to bone with sliding anchors. Examples include unicondylar and bicondylar knee prostheses for hemi-arthroplasty and total arthroplasty. Instruments guide the anchors into proper engagement with the prosthetic components. Methods of using the prostheses and instruments are disclosed.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of assembling a joint arthroplasty prosthesis for replacing at least a portion of a natural articular surface of a synovial joint, comprising:\n providing a prosthesis comprising a bone-contacting surface and an articular surface, the bone-contacting surface comprising at least one undercut channel extending across at least a portion of the bone-contacting surface and through a perimeter edge of the bone-contacting surface, the articular surface replicating at least a portion of a natural articular surface of a synovial joint; providing an anchor comprising a rail, a blade, and a support, the rail comprising at least one laterally protruding tab, the blade offset from the rail, the support connecting the rail and the blade; sliding the rail into the channel, wherein the tab plastically deforms as the rail slides into the channel to create an interference fit in the channel; and sliding a portion of the support into the channel, the support protruding through the bone-contacting surface, wherein a portion of the bone-contacting surface is spaced between the blade and the rail when the rail and the support are in the channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13328592', '14881821', '10357815', '12496099', '10305369']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8014989243312165
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.556222528882332
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.776971284786328
- Mean Citation Score: 326.545924
- Max Citation Score: 480.9994
- Similarity Product: 408.11598467651606

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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