US 12,142,376 B2
Intelligent joint prosthesis
Jeffrey M. Gross, Carlsbad, CA (US); Peter J. Schiller, San Marcos, CA (US); William L. Hunter, Vancouver (CA); Fred Cushner, New York, NY (US); and Patrick M. Aubin, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Canary Medical Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by CANARY MEDICAL INC., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,596.
Application 17/469,596 is a continuation of application No. 17/424,058, previously published as PCT/US2020/036516, filed on Jun. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,277, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008225 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/076 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/1122 (2013.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6811 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 5/725 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 5/747 (2013.01); A61F 2/32 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/40 (2013.01); A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3067 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
a. providing an intelligent prosthesis implanted in a bone adjacent to a joint of a patient, where an accelerometer is contained within the intelligent prosthesis, and where the accelerometer is positioned within the bone;
b. moving the implanted intelligent prosthesis relative to an external environment wherein the patient is located, where the implanted intelligent prosthesis is moved during a first monitoring session;
c. making first measurements with the accelerometer during the first monitoring session, where the first measurements provide first monitoring-session-data or a product thereof which identifies a status of the implanted intelligent prosthesis at a time of the first measurements;
wherein step b) is repeated a plurality of times, the plurality of times separated from one another by identical or non-identical waiting periods, where the repeating of step b) comprises moving the implanted intelligent prosthesis relative to an external environment wherein the patient is located, where the implanted intelligent prosthesis is moved during a plurality of monitoring sessions, and wherein measurements are made with the accelerometer during each of the plurality of monitoring sessions, where the measurements provide a plurality of monitoring-session-data or products thereof, each of which identifies a status of the implanted of the implanted intelligent prosthesis at the time of the measurements; wherein the plurality is optionally selected from 2 to 20 monitoring sessions, and where the plurality of monitoring-session data taken together indicate a change in the status of the implanted intelligent prosthesis during the time when the plurality of monitoring sessions occurred.