US 12,226,228 B2
Implantable reporting processor for an alert implant
Stephen M. Bailey, Shoreline, WA (US); Douglas Bensch, Seattle, WA (US); Douglas Brajer, Toronto (CA); Fred Cushner, New York, NY (US); Aimee L. Desaki, Shoreline, WA (US); Jeffrey M. Gross, Carlsbad, CA (US); Winslow T. Harte, Seattle, WA (US); Nicholas H. Helseth, Seattle, WA (US); David A Herrin, Seattle, WA (US); William L. Hunter, Vancouver (CA); Dermot Keenan, Toronto (CA); George A. Morales, Kirkland, WA (US); Shane Murphy, Seattle, WA (US); Stephen Raitt, Toronto (CA); Thomas Snopek, Toronto (CA); and Curtis Troupe, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Canary Medical Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by CANARY MEDICAL INC., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/370,480.
Application 16/370,480 is a division of application No. 16/084,544, granted, now 11,191,479, previously published as PCT/US2017/023916, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,108, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,131, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,095, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,205, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,180, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,072, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,193, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,188, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,114, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,120, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,197, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/312,079, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0350521 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4851 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61F 2/3662 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61F 2/482 (2021.08); A61F 2250/0002 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
forming a cavity in a tibia;
assembling a prosthesis including a tibial plate and an implantable reporting processor by force fitting a first portion of the implantable reporting processor into a receptacle of the tibial plate while leaving a second portion of the implantable reporting processor outside the receptacle, the implantable reporting processor having:
a casing comprising a radome associated with the second portion of the implantable reporting processor and a coupling section associated with the first portion of the implantable reporting processor;
electronic circuitry;
a battery coupled to the electronic circuitry and at least partially within the first portion of the implantable reporting processor that is inserted into the receptacle of the tibial plate; and
an antenna coupled to the electronic circuitry to transmit and receive radio-frequency (RF) signals, the antenna being covered and protected by the radome, where the radome comprises a material that allows RF signals to propagate to and from the antenna through the radome; and
inserting the second portion of the implantable reporting processor into the cavity in the tibia, where the radome is a first part of the second portion of the implantable reporting processor that is inserted into the cavity,
wherein force fitting the first portion of the implantable reporting processor into the receptacle of the tibial plate comprises:
inserting the first portion of the implantable reporting processor in the receptacle of the tibial plate;
associating a tool with an exterior of the second portion of the implantable reporting processor; and
applying an axial force to the tool to create a frictional force between the first portion of implantable reporting processor and the tibial plate.