US 12,279,761 B2
Distraction device with disposable force sensor pod
Jason Otto, Plantation, FL (US); Radu Iorgulescu, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Kevin Bechtold, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Jonathan Trousdale, Dania Beach, FL (US); and Joseph Decerce, Dania Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Orthosensor, Inc., Dania Beach, FL (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,194.
Application 18/199,194 is a continuation of application No. 17/004,773, filed on Aug. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,666,318.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,130, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285014 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0268 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
providing a distraction device, the distraction device including a first member and a second member, a hinge coupled to the first and second members, and a third member coupled to the hinge and manipulable to exert a force on a proximal portion of the second member;
coupling a disposable force sensor pod to any of the second or third member of the distraction device; and
communicating, by the disposable force sensor pod, information relating to distraction of a joint by the distraction device to a computing system.