US 12,383,414 B2
Orthopedic measurement system
Joseph DeCerce, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwa, NJ (US)
Filed by HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Mahwa, NJ (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,191.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,296, filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362037 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61F 2/4657 (2013.01) [G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measurement device to measure loading applied by a musculoskeletal system comprising:
an enclosure comprising an upper housing and a lower housing;
a structure having a surface to couple to the musculoskeletal system, wherein the structure fits within an opening of the enclosure, wherein a plurality of sensors are coupled to a surface of the structure, wherein the structure includes an anti-cantilevering structure, wherein the anti-cantilevering structure couples to the enclosure to limit canting of the structure when the musculoskeletal system contacts the surface of the structure outside a predetermined area, wherein the anti-cantilevering structure overhangs a periphery of the upper housing, wherein a first region, a second region, and a third region of the surface of the structure are outside the predetermined area, wherein the anti-cantilevering structure is a first anti-cantilevering structure, wherein the measurement device further includes a second anti-cantilevering structure and a third anti-cantilevering structure, wherein the first anti-cantilevering structure, the second anti-cantilevering structure, or the third anti-cantilevering structure are configured to limit canting of the structure when a position of an applied load is in the first region, the second region, or the third region.