Smart Shoulder Implant
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230338167A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18215316

    申请日:2023-06-28

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for tracking joint implant performance. A shoulder implant according to the present disclosure can include a glenoid implant on a first bone and a humeral implant on a second bone of a shoulder. The glenoid implant can include magnetic markers. The humeral implant can include marker readers to provide positional data of the glenoid implant with respect to the humeral implant. The humeral implant can include at least one sensor to measure kinematic data between the glenoid and humeral implants. A processor can be coupled the marker reader and the at least one sensor. The processor can be configured to output the positional data and the kinematic data to an external source.

    Intra-Operative Gap Detection
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230255797A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18133654

    申请日:2023-04-12

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for intra-operatively detecting joint implant gap. A method for detecting a joint implant gap may include coupling a first implant to a first bone of a joint, coupling a second implant to a second bone of the joint, measuring an amplitude of a magnetic flux density using a magnetic sensor to determine a gap between the first and second implants. The first implant may include at least one magnetic marker. The second implant may be configured to contact the first implant. The second implant may include at least one magnetic sensor to detect the magnetic flux density of the magnetic marker. The gap between the first and second implant may be intra-operatively determined using the measured amplitude of the magnetic flux density.

    Patellar Tendonitis Detection
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230320871A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US18210809

    申请日:2023-06-16

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a joint implant including a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint, and a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint and contacting the first implant. The second implant can include a plurality of sensors configured to measure data and a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and adapted to receive the data from the sensors. The first implant can be a femoral implant coupled to a femur. The second implant can be a patellar implant coupled to a patella. Sensor data from the patellar implant can indicate movement between the femoral implant and the patellar implant and identify patella condition such as a patellar rotation, patellar tilt and patellar tendonitis.

    Implant Authentication and Connectivity
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230301801A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18201489

    申请日:2023-05-24

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing secure authentication and connection between an implant and a remote monitoring platform for tracking implant performance. A joint implant according to the present disclosure can include a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint, a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint, a first communication module, and a memory to store authentication information. The first communication module can be configured to wirelessly transfer the authentication information to a communication module of an external device when the external device is placed adjacent the joint implant. The first communication module can be an NFC communication module configured to transfer the authentication information to the communication module of the external device via NFC.

    Self-Powered Prothesis
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230255796A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18127986

    申请日:2023-03-29

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are implants with sensors and methods for powering implants with sensors. A joint implant according to the present disclosure can include a first implant and a second implant in contact with the first implant. The first implant can be coupled to a first bone of a joint. The first implant can include an energy generator coupled to a transducer. The second implant can include at least one sensor, a battery coupled to the at least one sensor, and a receiver coupled to the battery. The receiver can be disposed within the second implant adjacent the transducer. Energy from the energy generator can be transmitted from the transducer of the first implant to the receiver of the second implant.

    Implant Detachment Detection
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230301803A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18328168

    申请日:2023-06-02

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for tracking joint implant performance. A joint implant according to the present disclosure can include a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint; a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint; an insert coupled to the first and second implants; an acoustic exciter configured to emit a vibration signal; a sensor to measure the vibration signal of the first implant, the second implant, and the insert; and a processor operatively coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to output a vibration signature to an external source.

    Implant With Sensor Diagnostics
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230301800A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18131594

    申请日:2023-04-06

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for tracking joint implant performance. A joint implant includes a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint and a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint. The second implant includes at least one of a first sensor configured to measure a first type of data, and a processor operatively coupled to the at least one of the first sensor. The process outputs the first type of data to a network to be compared with data received from other joint implants. One of the joint or the implant is determined to be in a first state based on a comparison of the first type of data to a set of predetermined values formed based on the data received from the other joint implants. The predetermined values are adapted to change with the addition of new data.

    Smart Implant Peripheral Services
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230285167A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US18199078

    申请日:2023-05-18

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing peripheral services for an implant with sensors. A method according to the present disclosure may creating a patient account on a patient monitoring platform, determining sensor information to be measured from one or more sensors disposed on an implant coupled to a patient using the patient account, determining a duration during which sensor information is collected and transferred from the one or more sensors to the patient monitoring platform, analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors on the patient account via an external device, and communicating corrective steps from the external device to the patient or the implant via the patient account.

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