PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958837
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "232000"]

Abstract:
A method for securing soft tissue to bone which does not require the surgeon to tie suture knots to secure the tissue to the bone. Suture is passed through the graft at desired points. A cannulated plug or screw is pre-loaded onto the distal end of a driver provided with an eyelet implant at its distal end. Suture attached to the graft is passed through the eyelet of the implant located at the distal end of the driver. The distal end of the driver together with the eyelet implant is inserted into the bone. Tension is applied to the suture to position the graft at the desired location relative to the bone. The screw or plug is advanced into the pilot hole by turning the interference screw or tapping the plug until the cannulated screw or plug securely engages and locks in the eyelet implant, so that the cannulated plug or screw with the engaged eyelet implant is flush with the bone. Once the screw or plug is fully inserted and the suture is impacted into the bone, the driver is removed and any loose ends of the sutures protruding from the anchor site are then clipped short.

Claim (Index 9):
The method of soft tissue repair according to  claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue graft is drawn into the hole by pulling on the suture, and the interference device secures not only the suture but also the graft in the hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33708
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13182893', '12022868', '10405707', '13765218', '14970953']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8588182803888865
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.597843947688991
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8327208471188969
- Mean Citation Score: 526.03592
- Max Citation Score: 570.08905
- Similarity Product: 528.3031174094468

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

Dataset: test