Smart knee implants: An overview of current technologies and future possibilities

E Kelmers, A Szuba, SW King, J Palan, S Freear… - Indian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background This article focuses on clinical implementation of smart knee implants for total
knee replacement and the future development of smart implant technology. With the number …

Telemetric orthopaedic implant

RL Morgan, MD Wickham, PA Brady, SW Janna… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
An instrumented orthopaedic implant, such as an intramed ullary (IM) nail, is disclosed. The
implant has the capacity to provide an accurate measurement of the applied mechanical …

Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring medical devices

WL Hunter, DR Holberg, JM Gross - US Patent 10,492,686, 2019 - Google Patents
US10492686B2 - Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring medical devices
- Google Patents US10492686B2 - Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring …

Devices, systems and methods for using and monitoring medical devices

WL Hunter, DR Holberg - US Patent App. 15/511,598, 2018 - Google Patents
Briefly stated, medical devices and implants (also referred to as 'medical devices') are
provided comprising a medical device along with one or more ISMs (“Implantable Sensor …

Orthopaedic Implant Load Sensor And Method Of Interpreting The Same

NA Johanson, DL Cerynik - US Patent App. 12/164,744, 2009 - Google Patents
Joint implant sensors, methods of using the same, and meth ods of aligning permanent
implants are described herein. A device for providing intraoperative in vivo diagnostics of …

Telemetric orthopaedic implant

RL Morgan, MD Wickham, PA Brady, SW Janna… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
An instrumented orthopaedic implant, such as an intramed ullary (IM) nail, is disclosed. The
implant has the capacity to provide an accurate measurement of the applied mechanical …

Processing sensed accelerometer data for determination of bone healing

SW Janna, DJ Wilson, PA Brady - US Patent 9,445,720, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system (800) for processing accelerometer data is dis closed. The system
(800) includes an accelerometer (806), a first processor (810), a power supply (816), and a …

Composite internal fixators

JK Rains, GE Austin, JNMI Rose, JM Ferrante… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
4.338, 926 4,361,153 4,403,606 4.419, 095 4,512,038 4.513, 743 4,576,158 4,795,463
4,808, 186 4,860,331 4,935,019 4,952,928 4,960,655 4,985,019 5,009,664 5,024,239 …

Patient specific instruments and methods for joint prosthesis

RG Mauldin, TA Flanagan, EFM Lizee - US Patent 11,065,016, 2021 - Google Patents
A system for preparing an ankle bone to receive an ankle prosthesis is provided. The system
includes a patient specific cutting guide that has an anterior surface, a posterior surface, and …

System and method for communicating with a telemetric implant

SW Janna, DJ Wilson, MS Goodchild… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A telemetric system includes a telemetric implant, a reader unit adapted to
read signals from the telemetric implant, and an antenna adapted for connection to the …