PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
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 15):
A method of implanting a spinal fusion implant, the method comprising:\n implanting a first curvilinear nail-screw to penetrate into a first vertebral body along a first curved trajectory that avoids 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 nail-screw comprises first means for engaging a first cancellous core of the first vertebral body positioned along a first distal portion of the first curvilinear nail-screw proximate the first distal end, wherein the first head is positioned exterior to the first vertebral body and the first distal portion is positioned in the first cancellous core when implanted; implanting a second curvilinear nail-screw to penetrate into a second vertebral body along a second curved trajectory that avoids 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 nail-screw comprises second means for engaging a second cancellous core of the second vertebral body positioned along a second distal portion of the second curvilinear nail-screw proximate the second distal end, wherein the second head is positioned exterior to the second vertebral body and the second distal portion is positioned in the second cancellous core when implanted; connecting the first curvilinear nail-screw to the second curvilinear nail-screw via a connecting support structure such that the first curvilinear nail-screw is held with respect to the second curvilinear nail-screw with the first curvilinear nail-screw extending into the first vertebral body without penetrating pedicles and the second curvilinear nail-screw extending into the second vertebral body without penetrating pedicles.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04762
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12957776', '13210168', '13084543', '15054926', '13210150']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7882386864333045
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5870513639286138
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7681199541828354
- Mean Citation Score: 325.099556
- Max Citation Score: 582.2156
- Similarity Product: 476.3828886851312

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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