Systems and methods for monitoring an orthopedic implant and rehabilitation

• Main Authors: CREEL JUSTIN ANTHONY, WIEDENHOEFER CURT, HOWARD JOSHUA DALE, KATERBERG BRIAN JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 19.01.2018
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SURGERY; SURVEYING; TESTING

A system for monitoring a joint of a patient includes multiple sensors to be disposed near a joint and to measure or observe actions or physical quantities associated with the joint; and at least onecommunications module coupled to the sensors to receive data from the sensors and to transmit sensor information to an external device. In some embodiments, the sensors are implantable near the joint.In other embodiments, the sensors are disposed in a sensor module that is positioned adjacent the skin of the patient near the joint. 种用于监视患者的关节的系统包括多个传感器和至少个通信模块，所述多个传感器将被设置在关节附近并且测量或观察与该关节相关联的动作或物理量，所述至少个通信模块耦合到传感器以便从传感器接收数据并且将传感器信息发送到外部装置。在些实施例中，传感器可被植入在关节附近。在其他实施例中，传感器被设置在传感器模块中，所述传感器模块邻近患者的在关节附近的皮肤定位。