PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042163
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "264000"]

Abstract:
A horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screw (HTCN) including a body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is opposed to the second end; and a head at the first end of the body portion, wherein the body portion has a predetermined curvilinear shape and includes a pointed tip at the second end of the body portion, and a method of surgically implanting universal horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screws (HTCN) into a plurality of adjacent vertebrae.

Claim (Index 2):
A spinal fusion implant comprising:\n a first curvilinear spinal fixation device for penetration and implantation into a first vertebral body along a first curved trajectory that avoids penetrating pedicles, wherein the first curvilinear nail screw extends from a first proximal end to a first distal end along the first curved trajectory with a first head at the first proximal end and a first bone penetrating pointed tip at the first distal end, wherein the first curvilinear spinal fixation device comprises first means for engaging a first cancellous core of the first vertebral body positioned along a first distal portion of the first curvilinear spinal fixation device proximate the first distal end, wherein the first curved trajectory is along a first single continuous arc; a second curvilinear spinal fixation device for penetration and implantation into a second vertebral body along a second curved trajectory that avoids penetrating pedicles, wherein the second curvilinear nail screw extends from a second proximal end to a second distal end along the second curved trajectory with a second head at the second proximal end and a second bone penetrating pointed tip at the second distal end, wherein the second curvilinear spinal fixation device comprises second means for engaging a second cancellous core of the second vertebral body positioned along a second distal portion of the second curvilinear spinal fixation device proximate the second distal end, wherein the second curved trajectory is along a second single continuous arc; and a connecting support structure defining a first hole sized and configured for receiving the first curvilinear nail screw and a second hole sized and configured for receiving the second curvilinear nail screw such that the first curvilinear spinal fixation device is held with respect to the second curvilinear spinal fixation device with the first curvilinear spinal fixation device extending into the first vertebral body without penetrating pedicles and the second curvilinear spinal fixation device extending into the second vertebral body without penetrating pedicles, wherein the first hole is spaced from the second hole such that material of the connecting support structure surrounds a portion of the first proximal end of the first curvilinear spinal fixation device and material of the connecting support structure surrounds a portion of the second proximal end of the second curvilinear spinal fixation device, wherein each of the first and second heads are sized to be larger than at least portions of the first and second holes so as to limit movement of the first and second curvilinear spinal fixation devices in proximal to distal directions, and wherein the first curvilinear spinal fixation device is curved continuously from the first proximal end to the first distal end including a portion of the first curvilinear spinal fixation device connected to the connecting support structure and the second curvilinear spinal fixation device is curved continuously from the second proximal end to the second distal end including a portion of the second curvilinear spinal fixation device connected to the connecting support structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 57.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04762
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15862016', '12957776', '15944117', '15976340', '13084543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8129738428603199
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6322635222975473
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7949028108040427
- Mean Citation Score: 388.086606
- Max Citation Score: 634.90314
- Similarity Product: 614.5875228577888

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

Dataset: test