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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);

Inventor:

David Armbruster, West Chester, PA (US);

Assignee:

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2021.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 17/64 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01);
Abstract

A device, having a housing; a power source configured to supply electrical power to a conductive percutaneous implant in a circuit including the conductive percutaneous implant and tissue of a patient adjacent to the conductive percutaneous implant; an electrical sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of at least one electrical parameter of the circuit; and at least one data processing system having one or more processors configured to receive the signal and analyze the signal to determine at least one of a presence or change of infection of the tissue, and pass a control signal to the power source to vary the electrical power responsive to determining at least one of the presence or change of infection of the tissue.


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