PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047152
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "017150"]

Abstract:
A spinal fusion device that is expandable along a side edge. The device features a top and bottom surface for engaging adjacent vertebrae, a hollow center for stacking of bone or bone growth material, and a slidable mechanism with grooves for expanding or contracting the device along a side edge.

Claim (Index 1):
A spinal fusion device for adjusting the space between vertebrae comprising:\n an upper section having a top surface for contacting one vertebra and a first sidewall extending downwardly away from said top surface having a plurality of angle sloped grooves and a second sidewall extending away from said top surface having a plurality of straight sloped grooves; a lower section having a bottom surface for contacting one vertebra and a first sidewall extending upwardly away from said bottom surface having a plurality of angle sloped grooves and a second sidewall extending upwardly away from said bottom surface having a plurality of straight sloped grooves; said first and second sidewalls of said upper section nesting with said first and second sidewalls of said lower section; a distractor positionable between said lower section sidewalls having a first set of protruding members positioned on one side of said distractor constructed and arranged to extend through said angle sloped grooves of said upper and lower section, and a second set of protruding members positioned on an opposite side of said distractor constructed and arranged to extend through said straight sloped grooves of said upper and lower sections; a body member positioned along an having a first and second sidewall positioned outboard of said upper section sidewall, and a front end and a rear end, said first sidewall having apertures for receiving a portion of said first set of protruding members, and second sidewall having apertures for receiving a portion of said second set of protruding members; and an actuator for adjusting said distractor in relation to said body member, wherein movement of said actuator causes said upper and lower sections to tilt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42105
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14642992', '15664891', '14294889', '15874351', '14836678']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7883852273080486
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4864364542966948
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7581903500069133
- Mean Citation Score: 280.81666
- Max Citation Score: 303.32278
- Similarity Product: 271.94503269177915

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

Dataset: test