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US 2018/0000527 A1Published application
Device and Method for Normalizing Implant Strain Readings to Assess Bone Healing
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsCarl DEIRMENGIAN, George MIKHAIL, Glen PIERSON
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Abstract
A device and method for treating a bone includes a bone plate including first and second portions joined to one another via a connecting portion, a rigidity of the connecting portion being less than rigidities of each of the first and second portions in combination with a first sensor mounted on the first portion measuring strain on the first portion and a second sensor mounted on the second portion measuring strain on the second portion.
Claims15
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A method, comprising:
- coupling a bone plate to a portion of bone with a first sensor of the bone plate positioned over a fracture site and a second sensor positioned over a healthy portion of the bone;
- measuring a strain on a first portion of the bone plate including the first sensor;
- measuring a strain on a second portion of the bone plate including the second sensor;
- and
- determining a ratio of the strain measured by the first sensor to the strain measured by the second sensor to normalize an effect of loads on the bone and determine a level of healing of the bone.
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A method for treating a bone, comprising:
- coupling a first bone plate to a first portion of a bone including a fracture site so that a first sensor included in the first bone plate overlies the fracture site;
- coupling a second bone plate to a second portion of the bone with a second sensor included in the second bone plate overlying a healthy portion of the bone;
- and
- determining a ratio of a strain measured by the first sensor to a strain measured by the second sensor to normalize an effect of loads on the bone and determine a level of healing of the bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.