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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Newton H. Metcalf, Memphis, TN (US);
Nicholas Benson, Collierville, TN (US);
Robert A. Fields, Memphis, TN (US);
Arjun Siby-Kurian, Memphis, TN (US);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A system for assessing a status of a spinal implant includes a reader device, a wearable body sensor, and a spinal implant. The wearable body sensor includes a first short-range receiver, a first short-range transmitter, and an inertial measurement unit. The wearable body sensor is configured to be positioned over a portion of a spine of a wearer, and measure movement information corresponding to spinal motion of the wearer while the wearer performs one or more movements while wearing the wearable body sensor. The spinal implant includes one or more sensors configured to measure implant information comprising one or more characteristics of a fusion status of the spinal implant, a second short-range receiver, and a second short-range transmitter. The wearable body sensor is configured to communicate movement information to the reader device. The spinal implant is configured to communicate implant information to the reader device via the second transmitter.