US 11,751,775 B2
Electrical device for monitoring, prevention, and treatment of implant infections
David Armbruster, West Chester, PA (US)
Assigned to DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed by DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/999,597.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,311, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059554 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/053 (2021.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01)
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
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.