PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906490
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "062000"]

Abstract:
An instrument and method of using the instrument for setting a fracture in a bone and applying a bone plate to the fractured bone. The instrument includes a connector for connecting the instrument to the intramedullary rod. At least two tines are movably connected to the connector and configured to orient the fractured bone with respect to the rod. Each tine has a distal end configured to contact the bone. At least one plate carrier is configured to receive the bone plate. The at least one plate carrier is movably connected to the connector and configured to move relative to the connector and the tines to position the bone plate adjacent the bone in a predetermined alignment with the intramedullary rod.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of using an instrument to mend a fracture in a bone comprising:\n (i) attaching a connector of the instrument to an intramedullary rod positioned within a cavity of the bone; (ii) positioning a plurality of tines of the instrument against the bone, each tine being independently positioned against the bone with respect to the intramedullary rod and the other tines of the plurality of tines; (iii) moving the tines with respect to the intramedullary rod to orient the fractured bone with respect to the intramedullary rod thereby setting the fracture; and (iv) moving a first plate carrier with respect to the intramedullary rod to position a first plate, which is mounted to the first plate carrier, against a first surface of the bone in alignment with the intramedullary rod.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44231
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12622309', '15297121', '14562940', '15258066', '14279886']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7687212237065392
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4612390251247678
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7379730038483621
- Mean Citation Score: 216.04226
- Max Citation Score: 232.68802
- Similarity Product: 193.5823870468509

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

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