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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Ray C. Wasielewski, New Albany, OH (US);
Richard D. Komistek, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mohamed R. Mahfouz, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/03 (2013.01); A61B 5/076 (2013.01); A61B 5/14507 (2013.01); A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); G06F 19/3418 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/145 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/3859 (2013.01); A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3067 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30133 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30673 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4632 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01); A61F 2002/488 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0015 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthesis for implantation into a mammalian body, the device comprising: (a) a prosthesis for implantation into a mammalian body that includes a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors mounted to the prosthesis; and (b) an electronics structure for receiving signals from the sensor array and wirelessly transmitting representative signals to a remote receiver, where the plurality of sensors are operative to sense pressure, applied to the prosthesis by another object, in at least two axes generally perpendicular to one another.