PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926247
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
An expandable intervertebral implant is provided for insertion into an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebrae. The expandable intervertebral implant includes a pair of outer sleeve portions and an inner core disposed between the outer sleeve portions. Movement of the inner core relative to the outer sleeve portions causes the outers sleeve portions to deflect away from each other, thereby engaging the expandable intervertebral implant with the vertebrae and adjusting the height of the intervertebral space.

Claim (Index 1):
An expandable intervertebral implant insertable into an intervertebral disc space and expandable from an initial position to an expanded position, the expandable intervertebral implant comprising:\n a linkage that includes a plurality of links connected in a longitudinal direction, each link comprising: an outer sleeve including a first outer sleeve portion and a second outer sleeve portion that is movable with respect to the first outer sleeve portion, wherein the second outer sleeve portion defines a first engagement surface that is sloped with respect to the longitudinal direction; an inner core disposed between the first and second outer sleeve portions, the inner core defining a second engagement surface that is sloped with respect to the longitudinal direction and abuts the first engagement surface; wherein relative movement between the inner core and the second outer sleeve portion along the longitudinal direction causes the first engagement surface to ride along the second engagement surface, thereby causing the second outer sleeve portion to deflect away from the first outer sleeve portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73913
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12936466', '14640220', '14685402', '14685358', '14565611']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8188607767763317
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5123197005470566
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7882066691534043
- Mean Citation Score: 365.79627
- Max Citation Score: 368.3066
- Similarity Product: 335.7115452812672

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

Dataset: test