PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970212
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "246000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for performing bone fusion and/or securing one or more bones, such as adjacent vertebra, are disclosed. The screws include a threaded tip connected to a main shaft and a threaded outer sleeve that rotates relative to the outer shaft until locked down. Independent rotation of the threaded outer sleeve relative to the threaded distal tip allows compression or distraction to modify the gap between the vertebral bodies. The screws are passed from the inferior to superior vertebra or superior to inferior, for example, through a transpedicular route to avoid neurological compromise. At the same time, the path of screw insertion is oriented to reach superior or inferior vertebra. An intervertebral cage of the system is configured for lateral expansion from a nearly straight configuration to form a large footprint in the disc space. The screws and cage may be combined for improved fixation with minimal invasiveness.

Claim (Index 3):
The cage of  claim 2 , further comprising a pin and wherein two adjacent links define an opening configured to receive the pin, wherein the pin is configured to lock the adjacent links into a predetermined angular position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6875
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15970204', '14347442', '12321311', '13364280', '14599250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8311446189017204
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5157413154969261
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.799604288561241
- Mean Citation Score: 280.11504
- Max Citation Score: 393.19717
- Similarity Product: 275.1021536315191

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

Dataset: test