PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
A delivery instrument for placing an interbody implant into an intervertebral space of a patient comprises a plurality of elongated plates disposed adjacent one another. Each elongated plate has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space, and is configured to engage a vertebral body in the intervertebral space. An expandable member is coupled to the plurality of elongated plates so as to form an enclosed tube that is sized and shaped to receive the interbody implant. The expandable member allows for translation of the plurality of elongated plates relative to one another as the interbody implant passes through the tube.

Claim (Index 21):
A delivery system for placing an interbody implant into an intervertebral space of a patient, said delivery system comprising:\n a first elongated plate having an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal portion, a distal portion, at least one notch near the distal portion of the first elongated plate, and an external planar surface, wherein the distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space; a second elongated plate having an inner surface, an outer surface, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an external planar surface, wherein the distal portion is sized and shaped to fit into the intervertebral space, wherein the first elongated plate is disposed over the second elongated plate; and an expandable member coupled to the first and second elongated plates, wherein the expandable member is disposed between the proximal and distal portions of the first and second elongated plates such that the expandable member is configured to remain outside of the intervertebral space, wherein the expandable member engages the at least one notch of the first elongated plate to prevent axial migration of the expandable member along a length of the first elongated plate, and wherein the expandable member does not extend past the distal portions of the first and second elongated plates.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01695
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15206179', '14322702', '13072511', '13834782', '13784224']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8011263094547051
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5440372997719365
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7754174084864283
- Mean Citation Score: 311.7713740000001
- Max Citation Score: 439.8094
- Similarity Product: 432.448107280445

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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