PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16290333
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["601", "005000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a therapeutic stretching apparatus, which in particular provides a user with a system for providing an assist to increase knee extension as well as for maintaining stability of the knee after surgery. This device can not only act as a therapeutic stretching apparatus but also can act as a primary post-op knee brace with locks/limits on hinge to prevent user from further injuring the joint.

Claim (Index 9):
A therapeutic device for use on a length of a leg of a user, the length including an upper leg portion, a lower leg portion, and a knee intermediate the upper leg portion and the lower leg portion, the device comprising:\n a proximal framework portion configured for attachment relative to the upper leg portion; one or more proximal framework securing members operatively coupled to the proximal framework portion, the proximal framework securing members configured for securing the proximal framework portion to the upper leg portion; a distal framework portion configured for attachment relative to the lower leg portion, wherein the distal framework portion is configured to extend substantially parallel to the lower leg portion when engaged with the lower leg portion; one or more distal framework securing members operatively coupled to the distal framework portion, the distal framework securing members configured for securing the distal framework portion to the lower leg portion; a distal member attached at a first end to the distal framework and having a second end extended from the distal framework; and an extension assistor operatively coupled to the second end of the distal member, wherein the extension assistor is configured to selectively discourage device flexion of the proximal and distal framework portions relative to one another and, when activated, the extension assistor selectively encourages device extension of the proximal and distal framework portions relative to one another, thereby causing the leg to be urged into extension.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13838308', '15902237', '11708289', '12232199', '10187008']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.66334045791861
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5548752158692409
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.652493933713673
- Mean Citation Score: 302.260682
- Max Citation Score: 438.31314
- Similarity Product: 407.9455653391491

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

Dataset: test