Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Arjun Siby Kurian

Kevin T Foley

Thomas Andrew Carls

Nicholas M Benson

Chris E Johnson

Newton H Metcalf, Jr

Newton Metcalf

Robert Andrew Fields

David Martin Pooley

George Wylde

Richard David Lintern

Simon Calcutt

Jr Newton H Metcalf

A system for assessing a status of a spinal implant includes a wearable apparatus having an electronics system and one or more spinal implants in communication with the wearable apparatus. The electronics system includes a first short-range receiver, a first short-range transmitter, and an inertial measurement unit. The wearable apparatus is configured to constrain one or more movements of a wearer when worn. The one or more spinal implants include one or more sensors configured to measure one or more characteristics of a fusion status of the spinal implant, a second short-range receiver, and a second short-range transmitter. The one or more spinal implants are configured to communicate one or more of the measured characteristics to the wearable apparatus via the second transmitter.

Motion limiting apparatus for assessing status of spinal implants

A medical implant identification system is disclosed. The implant identification system may include a probe reader extending from a proximal end to a distal end and the distal end may include a faraday cage. The probe reader may be in communication with an operating room computer and/or a display. The implant identification system may include at least one digital set screw comprising an antenna disposed in an antenna portion of the digital set screw. In various embodiments, the faraday cage may have a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of the antenna portion of the digital set screw. Additionally, the antenna may be configured to transmit identity information to the probe reader, and the identify information may be displayed by the display and/or stored in a data store of the operating room computer.

Faraday cage for digital set screw probe reader

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Memphis, TN, United States of America

Arjun Siby Kurian