US 12,357,476 B2
System and method for positioning and orienting an orthopedic implant
Erik Robert Zellmer, Gothenburg (SE); Rory Kenneth John Murphy, Phoenix, AZ (US); and John Michael Zellmer, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Intelligent Implants Limited, Cork (IE)
Filed by Intelligent Implants Limited, Cork (IE)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,519.
Application 18/382,519 is a continuation of application No. 16/825,937, filed on Mar. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,844,706.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/821,315, filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156619 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61F 2/4657 (2013.01) [A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/4684 (2013.01); A61B 2034/254 (2016.02); A61F 2002/4633 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for orthopedic implant surgery comprising:
an implant body made of a solid rigid structure;
a sensor system integrated into the implant body, the sensor system comprising of at least a plurality of electrodes positioned within the implant body such there is at least one exposed region on the surface of the implant body for each electrode of the plurality of electrodes;
a sensor processing control system communicatively coupled to the sensor system, the sensor processing control system configured with instructions that when executed cause the sensor processing control system to collect sensor data from the sensor system and generate adjacency data from the sensor data, wherein the adjacency data comprises a sizing map; and
an implant feedback system that updates state based in part on the adjacency data, where the implant feedback system comprises a graphical user interface that is configured to display the sizing map.