PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941645
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "284000"]

Abstract:
A compression plate kit that allows for manual compression of a bone discontinuity includes a bone plate, two or more reduction screws, and a compression clamp. The compression clamp can include engagement members configured to engage the reduction screws, thereby allowing a practitioner to compress a bone discontinuity by manually closing the compression clamp. One or more implementations of a kit of the present invention can provide a practitioner with physical or tactile feedback during the compression of a bone discontinuity, and thus, provide the practitioner with the ability to better control the compression and spacing of bone portions during a reduction.

Claim (Index 12):
A surgical kit for use in surgically repairing bone having a first bone portion and a second bone portion, the kit comprising:\n a bone plate having a fixation hole and a slide channel, the bone plate configured to be placed across a bone discontinuity, wherein the bone discontinuity comprises one of a bone joint or a bone fracture; a first reduction fastener and a second reduction fastener, wherein the first reduction fastener is adapted to be positioned within the fixation hole of the bone plate and secured to the first bone portion, and wherein the second reduction fastener is adapted to be positioned within the slide channel and secured to the second bone portion; a compression clamp having a first engagement member and a second engagement member adapted to engage the first and second reduction fasteners, respectively; and a coupler configured to couple an upper portion of the first reduction fastener to an upper portion of the second reduction fastener and to enable selective adjustment of the positions of the reduction fasteners, wherein the coupler is coupled to the first reduction fastener and the second reduction fastener proximally of the first engagement member and the second engagement member; wherein the first engagement member is configured to engage the first reduction fastener and wherein the second engagement member is configured to engage the second reduction fastener, and wherein the compression clamp is configured to be closed by squeezing together handles of the compression clamp, thereby drawing the second reduction fastener and the second bone portion along the slide channel toward the first reduction fastener and the first bone portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03704
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13075871', '14663883', '12607870', '11486959', '13652185']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8003163633777742
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5928626544822423
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.779570992488221
- Mean Citation Score: 397.088406
- Max Citation Score: 539.2644
- Similarity Product: 533.3363929478646

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

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