PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921431
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "215000"]

Abstract:
Technology disclosed herein relates to retractors and methods of use for surgical procedures, and in particular, spinal surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical retractor includes a pair of pivotable armatures and a translatable armature. A body for supporting the armatures is provided, with a handle connected thereto. The handle includes a first rotary actuator, wherein a rotation of the first rotary actuator moves the pair of pivotable armatures in opposite arcuate directions, and a second rotary actuator, wherein a rotation of the second rotary actuator translates the translatable armature in a linear direction.

Claim (Index 21):
A surgical retractor comprising:\n a retractor body; a first armature pivotably coupled to the retractor body at a first pivot point, the first armature including gear teeth proximate the first pivot point, and the first armature rotatable between a first closed position and a first open position; a second armature pivotably coupled to the retractor body at a second pivot point spaced apart from the first pivot point, the second armature including gear teeth proximate the second pivot point, and the second armature rotatable between a second closed position and a second open position; a translatable armature disposed between the first pivot point and the second pivot point, the translatable armature translatable between a third closed position and a third open position; a first actuator coupled to the retractor body and aligned with the translatable armature, the first actuator coupled to a central drive mechanism operable by the first actuator to simultaneously engage the gear teeth of each of the first armature and the second armature to move the first armature and the second armature independent of the translatable armature; and a second actuator coupled to the retractor body and rotatable to linearly translate the translatable armature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98113
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15802031', '15372426', '15183380', '13601887', '15680744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5907792634380938
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.562933831381872
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5879947202324717
- Mean Citation Score: 378.16156
- Max Citation Score: 405.1219
- Similarity Product: 374.1645815025092

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