PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749719
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to an implant ( 1 ) for sealing a defect ( 7 c ) in the annulus fibrosus ( 7 a ) of an intervertebral disc ( 7 ), comprising a retaining portion ( 3 ) for introducing into the defect ( 7 c ), a flexible sealing element which is connected to an inner end of the retaining portion, and a securing element ( 2 ) which is connected to the outer end of the retaining portion and which can be fixed to a vertebra ( 8 ) adjoining the intervertebral disc in order to hold the retaining portion ( 3 ) in a fixed position. According to the invention, this is achieved in that a securing limb ( 2 ), which is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the retaining portion, is arranged on the outer end of the retaining portion ( 3 ), said securing limb being designed for laterally contacting a bony structure of a vertebra adjacent to the intervertebral disc and being securable on the vertebra by means of a fixing element which can be moved relative to the securing limb. The sealing element has inner reinforcements.

Claim (Index 18):
The implant according to  claim 17 , wherein, at a distance from the retaining portion, the securing limb has a cross hole for the fixing element, to be anchored in the vertebra, to be guided through.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71053
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14579852', '12987966', '10945336', '12987970', '10945084']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8580631314808942
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4721271249643659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8194695308292413
- Mean Citation Score: 217.002748
- Max Citation Score: 222.7835
- Similarity Product: 159.60257023903728

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

Dataset: test