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 31):
A surgical retractor comprising:\n a retractor body; a first armature rotatably coupled to the retractor body at a first pivot point, the first armature including gear teeth adjacent the first pivot point, and the first armature rotatable between a first closed position and a first open position; a second armature rotatably coupled to the retractor body at a second pivot point spaced apart from the first pivot point, the second armature including gear teeth adjacent the second pivot point, and the second armature rotatable between a second closed position and a second open position; a translatable armature disposed along a central axis, the translatable armature translatable between a third closed position and a third open position; a first actuator coupled to the retractor body and aligned along the central axis, and actuatable to operate a central drive mechanism to simultaneously engage the gear teeth of the first armature and the gear teeth of the second armature to rotate the first armature and the second armature independent of the translatable armature; 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): 0.59083807238915
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5628489475005065
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5880391599002857
- Mean Citation Score: 378.16156
- Max Citation Score: 405.1219
- Similarity Product: 372.8097333819865

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