PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961151
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "254000"]

Abstract:
An orthopedic implant system is disclosed for use in correcting or reducing the progression of scoliosis. The orthopedic implant system can be inserted laterally or posteriorly and comprises an elongated flexible member secured to a user's spinal column via a plurality of vertebral body screws. Typically, the height of the elongated flexible member is significantly greater than the width, creating a flattened cross-sectional aspect. The vertebral body screws comprise a screw base and a screw head with a slot sized to accept an insert. Typically, the elongated flexible member is positioned within the slot via the insert, and is allowed to slide within the screw head as needed, as the user moves. However, at the apex of the user's scoliosis curve, the elongated flexible member is fixed within a vertebral body screw head.

Claim (Index 11):
An orthopedic implant device for use in correcting scoliosis curves or other spinal deformities, comprising:\n a plurality of vertebral body screws each comprising a screw base and a screw head with a slot for accepting an insert; an elongated, elastically bendable beam engaged with the plurality of vertebral body screws via such inserts, the elastically bendable beam having unequal principal flexural rigidities so as to preferentially resist lateral bending with respect to a patient's spine; and a plurality of such inserts wherein at least one of the plurality of such inserts is a locking insert accepted within one of the plurality of vertebral body screws, the locking insert having a locking end cap threaded into the screw head of the one of the plurality of vertebral body screws so as to contact and hold the elongated, elastically bendable beam in place within the locking insert, and at least two of the plurality of such inserts are non-locking inserts accepted within other ones of the plurality of vertebral body screws, each non-locking insert having a non-locking end cap threaded into the screw head of one of the other ones of the plurality of vertebral body screws so as to engage a wall surrounding the elongated, elastically bendable beam while allowing the elongated, elastically bendable beam to slide within the non-locking insert as needed, whereupon the other ones of the plurality of vertebral body screws are freely movable along the beam with respect to the one of the plurality of vertebral body screws.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0274
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14679053', '14178978', '11919778', '13092397', '13000639']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7595070400727989
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5826087280781643
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7418172088733355
- Mean Citation Score: 286.87636200000014
- Max Citation Score: 519.4244
- Similarity Product: 501.29097253782754

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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