User interface for strut device
AssigneeOrthospin Ltd.
InventorsOren Cohen, Shahar Harari
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Abstract
An electrical circuitry fitted to be connected or to be an integral part of a bone fixation device having at least one linear actuator coupled between two rings, including: at least one linear actuator connector, mechanically and/or electrically connectable to said at least one linear actuator; a control circuitry, wherein said control circuitry measures a value related to the movement of said at least one linear actuator and/or to the distance or change in distance between said two rings, by receiving signals from said linear actuator connector; and a memory, wherein said memory stores said value.
Claims17
An electrical circuitry coupled to a bone fixation device coupled to a patient and having at least one linear actuator coupled between frame portions, comprising:
- one or -more interface circuitry;
- at least one sensor for measuring values of at least one body posture-related parameter;
- a memory, wherein said memory stores a fixation device movement plan;
- control circuitry, coupled to said fixation device and weighing less than 500 gram, wherein said control circuitry:
- generates an indication to a patient using said one or more interface circuitry before the beginning of a treatment session;
- produces actuating signals to said at least one of said actuators according to said movements plan,
- receives values of the actual movement of at least one of said linear actuators and/or the distance or the change in the distance between said frame portions;
- receives values of at least one body posture-related parameter of said patient from said at least one sensor;
- determines compliance of said patient with said movement plan based on said received values of said at least one body posture-related parameter and by comparing said actual movement values to said movement plan stored in said memory;
- signals said interface circuitry to generate a treatment compliance indication based on said treatment compliance;
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- determines to stop said actuating signals production based on the determined patient compliance .
An interface module of a bone fixation device coupled to a patient and having one or more actuators interconnecting two or more frame portions, comprising:
- at least one housing fitted and shaped to be connected to a bone fixation device by coupling to at least one of said frame portions;
- a control circuitry disposed within one of said at least one housing;
- a memory circuitry disposed within one of said at least one housing, wherein said memory stores operation parameters of said bone fixation device;
- at least one sensor, configured to measure values of at least one body posture-related parameter of said patient at least;
- wherein said control circuitry processes said at least one body posture-related parameter value and generates a signal indicating patient compliance based on the processed values of said at least one body posture-related parameter.
A method for monitoring patient compliance and treating fracture using a bone fixation device and a fixation device movement plan, comprising:
- generating and delivering an indication to a patient before the beginning of a treatment session;
- moving at least one linear actuator of a bone fixation device;
- electronically measuring a movement value of at least one parameter related to the movement of said at least one linear actuator of said bone fixation device connected to a fractured bone and at least one body posture-related parameter value;
- storing said measured movement value and said at least one body posture-related parameter value in a memory;
- comparing by an electronic circuitry said actuator movement value to a desired movement value of said at least one movement parameter defined by said movement plan;
- determining by an electronic circuitry said patient compliance based on said comparing;
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- determining to stop said moving based on said measured body posture-related parameter value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.