PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921431
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "215000"]

Abstract:
Technology disclosed herein relates to retractors and methods of use for surgical procedures, and in particular, spinal surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical retractor includes a pair of pivotable armatures and a translatable armature. A body for supporting the armatures is provided, with a handle connected thereto. The handle includes a first rotary actuator, wherein a rotation of the first rotary actuator moves the pair of pivotable armatures in opposite arcuate directions, and a second rotary actuator, wherein a rotation of the second rotary actuator translates the translatable armature in a linear direction.

Claim (Index 22):
The surgical retractor of  claim 21 , further comprising:\n a top cover plate and a bottom cover plate opposing the top cover plate, the top cover plate and the bottom cover plate securable to the body to limit access to the drive mechanism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98113
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15802031', '15372426', '15183380', '13601887', '15680744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5958163824854942
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5556393341796088
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5917986776549056
- Mean Citation Score: 378.16156
- Max Citation Score: 405.1219
- Similarity Product: 257.9919573057949

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