PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944117
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatus is disclosed which includes at least first and second sliding boxes. A first screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body is disposed within the first sliding box, and a second screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body disposed within the second sliding box. An adjuster adjusts the height of the sliding boxes. The screw members are screwed into vertebral bodies in order to fuse the vertebral bodies together. A plurality of the self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatuses may be attached together and/or integrated via a plate or cage. Also disclosed is a cervical facet staple that includes a curved staple base and at least two prongs attached to the bottom surface of the curved staple base.

Claim (Index 36):
A bidirectional fixating intervertebral implant system, the system comprising:\n an intervertebral cage sized and configured to be inserted posteriorly in a lateral aspect of a posterior lumbar spine and comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the top wall of the intervertebral cage has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of each of the sidewalls, and wherein the intervertebral cage defines:\n first and second disc-facing surfaces having first and second sets of ridges on opposing sides of the top wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall, \n an open space between the top wall, the bottom wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall capable of receiving bone filling for biological bone fusion, \n a first internal anchor guide having a first entry opening and a first exit opening, the first entry opening formed entirely a top surface of the top wall and the first exit opening formed partially in a bottom surface of the top wall, partially in the first disc-facing surface of the top wall, and partially in the first disc-facing surface of the first sidewall, \n a second internal anchor guide having a second entry opening and a second exit opening, the second entry opening formed entirely the top surface of the top wall and the second exit opening formed partially in the bottom surface of the top wall, partially in the second disc-facing surface of the top wall and partially in the second disc-facing surface of the first sidewall, wherein the first internal anchor guide and the second internal anchor guide are angled to orient anchor members bi-directionally, \n a top indentation extending into the top surface of the top portion, \n a circular top hole extending into the top surface of the top portion at an angle that is substantially perpendicular to the top surface, wherein the circular top hole is positioned in the top indentation, and wherein the top surface of the top wall is flat except for the first and second internal anchor guides, the top indentation, and the circular top hole, \n a first side hole extending through the first sidewall into the open space, \n a second side hole extending through the second sidewall into the open space, wherein the second side hole is positioned substantially opposite of the first side hole, \n a first side indentation positioned on the first sidewall between the first side hole and the top surface of the top wall, and \n a second side indentation positioned on the second sidewall between the second side hole and the top surface of the top wall, \n a first anchor having a first anchor head, a first anchor tip that is pointed, and a first anchor body extending between the first anchor head and the first anchor tip, wherein the first anchor body is sized and configured to be inserted through the first internal anchor guide at a first angle so the first anchor extends from the intervertebral cage into a first vertebral body adjacent the intervertebral cage when inserted in a disc space; a second anchor having a second anchor head, a second anchor tip that is pointed, and a second anchor body extending between the second anchor head and the second anchor tip, wherein the second anchor body is sized and configured to be inserted through the second internal anchor guide at a second angle different than the first angle so the second anchor extends from the intervertebral cage into a second vertebral body adjacent the intervertebral cage when inserted in the disc space; and an insertion tool having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the insertion tool has first and second projections extending from the distal end and positioned to engage the first and second sidewalls of the intervertebral cage, wherein the insertion tool defines first and second tool anchor guides at the distal end, and wherein the distal end of the insertion tool is configured to engage the intervertebral cage with the first and second tool anchor guides aligned with the first and second internal anchor guides of the intervertebral cage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95652
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13210168', '15894471', '13210150', '13210162', '15054926']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9028952100669096
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6632811335439144
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8789338024146102
- Mean Citation Score: 854.8590200000001
- Max Citation Score: 862.05334
- Similarity Product: 655.5713323317683

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

Dataset: test