US 12,484,855 B2
Pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative patient management
Martin Roche, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Martin Roche, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,585.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,841, filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202369 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/6878 (2013.01) [A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/45 (2013.01); A61B 5/6812 (2013.01); A61B 5/7465 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic system comprising:
a processor;
one or more post-operative devices comprising:
a prosthetic component configured to couple to a tibia of a patient, the prosthetic component including a stem;
a screw coupled to the stem of the prosthetic component, the screw comprising an internal cavity housing one or more sensors configured to measure movement, the one or more sensors including an inertial measurement unit (IMU),
wherein the processor is configured to:
operatively couple to the one or more post-operative devices;
automatically receive measurement data from the one or more-post-operative devices during a predetermined time period; and
run one or more post-operative applications, wherein the one or more post-operative applications are configured to:
compare the measurement data from the predetermined time period to one or more predetermined parameters corresponding to the predetermined time period;
determine a compliance state of the patient based on the comparison; and
transmit a notification to the patient based on the compliance state.