PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042163
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "264000"]

Abstract:
A horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screw (HTCN) including a body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is opposed to the second end; and a head at the first end of the body portion, wherein the body portion has a predetermined curvilinear shape and includes a pointed tip at the second end of the body portion, and a method of surgically implanting universal horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screws (HTCN) into a plurality of adjacent vertebrae.

Claim (Index 22):
A spinal fusion implant comprising:\n a first curvilinear spinal fixation nail for penetration and implantation into a first vertebral body along a first continuously-curved trajectory that avoids penetrating pedicles, wherein the first curvilinear nail screw extends from a first proximal end to a first distal end along the first continuously-curved trajectory with a first head at the first proximal end and a first bone penetrating pointed tip at the first distal end, wherein the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail comprises a first set of fixation extensions that extend out of opposing sides of the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail with at least three of the engagement extensions extending out of a first side of the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail and at least three of the engagement extensions extending out of a second opposite side of the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail; a second curvilinear spinal fixation nail for penetration and implantation into a second vertebral body along a second continuously-curved trajectory that avoids penetrating pedicles, wherein the second curvilinear nail screw extends from a second proximal end to a second distal end along the second continuously-curved trajectory with a second head at the second proximal end and a second bone penetrating pointed tip at the second distal end, wherein the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail comprises a second set of fixation extensions that extend out of opposing sides of the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail with at least three of the engagement extensions extending out of a third side of the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail and at least three of the engagement extensions extending out of a fourth opposite side of the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail; and a connecting support structure defining a first hole sized and configured for receiving the first curvilinear nail screw and a second hole sized and configured for receiving the second curvilinear nail screw such that the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail is held with respect to the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail with the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail extending into the first vertebral body without penetrating pedicles and the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail extending into the second vertebral body without penetrating pedicles, wherein the first and second curvilinear spinal fixation nails connect to the first and second holes of the support structure at curved portions of the first and second curvilinear spinal fixation nails, wherein the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail shares a first centerline axis with the first hole where the first curvilinear spinal fixation nail extends through the first hole and wherein the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail shares a second centerline axis with the second hole where the second curvilinear spinal fixation nail extends through the second hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 57.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04762
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15862016', '12957776', '15944117', '15976340', '13084543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8139943334241787
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6280569897211931
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7954005990538802
- Mean Citation Score: 388.086606
- Max Citation Score: 634.90314
- Similarity Product: 600.566058455286

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

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