PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16106435
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["606", "055000"]

Abstract:
Provided are a telescoping, adjustable orthopedic strut for use in conjunction with an external bone fixation (EBF) device and an EBF device that employs the strut. The strut includes swivel hinges at each end, wherein each swivel hinge is lockable in any position within a one hundred eighty degree (180°) plane and has a three hundred degree (360°) angle of rotation with respect to an orthopedic plate of the EBF device; an outer sleeve; an inner sleeve configured to slide within the outer sleeve; wherein the inner sleeve and outer sleeve may be positioned and fixed with respect to each other to provide an acute adjustment of the length of the strut; a leadscrew threaded into the inner sleeve, wherein the lead screw can be either rotated or fixed in position to provide a fine adjustment of the length of the strut.

Claim (Index 6):
An external bone fixation (EBF) device, comprising:\n a plurality of at least two orthopedic plates; and a plurality of at least two telescoping, adjustable orthopedic struts coupling two of the plurality of orthopedic plates, each strut comprising:\n a plurality of swivel hinges, each swivel hinge comprising:\n a body; \n a channel within the body; \n a threaded portion coupled to the body; \n a locking collar; and \n a speed nut; \n wherein each swivel hinge is lockable in any position within a one hundred eighty degree (180\u00b0) plane within the channel and a three hundred degree (360\u00b0) angle of rotation with respect to a corresponding orthopedic plate of the two orthopedic plates; \n \n an outer sleeve; comprising:\n a groove extending through the outer sleeve; and \n a compression/distraction (C/D) nut attached to a first end of the outer sleeve and configured to rotate three hundred and sixty degrees (360\u00b0) with respect to the outer sleeve; \n wherein a first swivel hinge of the plurality of swivel hinges is coupled to a second end of the outer sleeve, the second end opposite the first end; \n \n an inner sleeve configured to slide within the outer sleeve; \n a fixation bolt that passes through the groove and threads into the inner sleeve such that, when the fixation bolt is loosened, the inner sleeve and outer sleeve may be positioned with respect to each other and, when the fixation bolt is tightened, the inner sleeve and outer sleeve are secured with respect to each other thereby providing an acute adjustment to an overall length of the strut; \n a leadscrew threaded through the C/D nut such that a first portion of the leadscrew extends into the inner sleeve and a second portion of the leadscrew is positioned outside the inner sleeve such that the first portion; \n a jam nut threaded onto the leadscrew such that the leadscrew is fixed into position with respect to the C/D nut when the jam nut is tighten against the C/D nut and the leadscrew is free to rotate with respect to the C/D nut when the jam nut is not tightened against the C/D nut, thereby providing a fine adjustment to an overall length of the strut; and \n a second swivel hinge of the plurality of swivel hinges coupled to an end of the lead screw corresponding to the second portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9625
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15922577', '13896060', '13589624', '14880954', '13891382']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.727752758629944
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4747781873734942
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7024553015042991
- Mean Citation Score: 211.707438
- Max Citation Score: 236.64285
- Similarity Product: 185.4236547666192

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

Dataset: test