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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Carl Deirmengian, West Chester, PA (US);
George Mikhail, West Chester, PA (US);
Glen Pierson, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2013.01); A61B 5/076 (2013.01); A61B 5/103 (2013.01); A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method for treating a bone includes a bone plate including first and second portions joined to one another via a connecting portion, a rigidity of the connecting portion being less than rigidities of each of the first and second portions in combination with a first sensor mounted on the first portion measuring strain on the first portion and a second sensor mounted on the second portion measuring strain on the second portion.