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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Canary Medical Switzerland Ag, Baar, CH;
Mark A. Adler, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Steven Cazarez, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Charlesbois, Victoria, CA;
Jeffrey M. Gross, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joshua Ben Hayes, Victoria, CA;
Paul Alexander Hulme, Victoria, CA;
Luke Aaron Mills, Victoria, CA;
Tuyen Nguyen, Victoria, CA;
Timothy Park, Victoria, CA;
Aaron Olafur Laurence Philippsen, Victoria, CA;
Peter J. Schiller, San Marcos, CA (US);
Diego Ariel Sorrentino, Victoria, CA;
Canary Medical Switzerland AG, Baar, CH;
Abstract
A smart medical device includes a structure configured to be at least partially implanted in a body, and an electronics cartridge that is configured to be inserted into the structure after the structure is implanted in the body. The structure may be a cannulated screw for use in treating bone fractures. The medical device includes an impedance sensor for monitoring and reporting on the healing state of bone fractures. The sensor includes components of the electronics cartridge and electrodes that are either associated with the cannulated screw or with the insertable electronics cartridge.