PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891460
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["623", "013140"]

Abstract:
Various methods and devices are provided for a graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel. In one embodiment, a graft fixation device is provided having a radially expandable sheath adapted to be disposed within a bone tunnel, and a sheath expander adapted to be received within the radially expandable sheath to expand the sheath and thereby anchor a graft between the sheath and the bone tunnel. In an exemplary embodiment, the graft fixation device is particularly useful to affix a graft within a femoral tunnel.

Claim (Index 8):
The graft fixation device of  claim 1 , wherein a proximal-most end of the radially expandable sheath is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the radially expandable sheath.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23256
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13533375', '11537180', '14996384', '14268538', '15427433']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8647129444092575
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5807198100050088
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8363136309688327
- Mean Citation Score: 489.289846
- Max Citation Score: 508.03308
- Similarity Product: 503.122419223473

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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