PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906490
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "062000"]

Abstract:
An instrument and method of using the instrument for setting a fracture in a bone and applying a bone plate to the fractured bone. The instrument includes a connector for connecting the instrument to the intramedullary rod. At least two tines are movably connected to the connector and configured to orient the fractured bone with respect to the rod. Each tine has a distal end configured to contact the bone. At least one plate carrier is configured to receive the bone plate. The at least one plate carrier is movably connected to the connector and configured to move relative to the connector and the tines to position the bone plate adjacent the bone in a predetermined alignment with the intramedullary rod.

Claim (Index 13):
The instrument of  claim 12 , wherein each plate carrier includes gear teeth meshed with a gear on a rotatable shaft mounted to the connector such that rotation of the shaft causes simultaneous translation of the plate carriers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44231
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12622309', '15297121', '14562940', '15258066', '14279886']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7877249220724045
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4728151096309565
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7562339408282597
- Mean Citation Score: 216.04226
- Max Citation Score: 232.68802
- Similarity Product: 173.51248888606548

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

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