US 12,408,963 B2
Medical device for implanting in boney tissue and characterization of bone fractures
Mark A. Adler, Carlsbad, CA (US); Steven Cazarez, San Diego, CA (US); Paul Charlesbois, Victoria (CA); Jeffrey M. Gross, Carlsbad, CA (US); Joshua Ben Hayes, Victoria (CA); Paul Alexander Hulme, Victoria (CA); Luke Aaron Mills, Victoria (CA); Tuyen Nguyen, Victoria (CA); Timothy Park, Victoria (CA); Aaron Olafur Laurence Philippsen, Victoria (CA); Peter J. Schiller, San Marcos, CA (US); and Diego Ariel Sorrentino, Victoria (CA)
Assigned to Canary Medical Switzerland AG, Baar (CH)
Appl. No. 17/801,195
Filed by CANARY MEDICAL SWITZERLAND AG, Baar (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/018892
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/168337, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,158, filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,349, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346440 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8685 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 5/6878 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61B 17/864 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a structure having a lumen extending at least partially therethrough, and configured to be at least partially implanted in a body;
an electronics cartridge including electronics and configured to be inserted into the lumen after implant of the structure; and
a sensor for measuring an electrical property of tissue, the sensor comprising:
a plurality of electrodes; and
a sensing module of the electronics cartridge, coupled to the plurality of electrodes; wherein
the plurality of electrodes comprises a first electrode and a second electrode; and
the sensing module is configured to enable the first electrode and the second electrode to function in either of an application mode during which a signal is applied across the electrodes, or a sensing mode during which an impedance between the electrodes is sensed.