Prosthetic implant and method for the production of such an implant
AssigneesCentre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite De Montpellier, Bonetag
InventorsArnaud VENA, Brice SORLI, Stéphan CAHUZAC, Stéphane NAUDI
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Abstract
A prosthetic implant includes a cavity that opens at an outer face of the prosthetic implant, the cavity forming a housing for receiving: a printed circuit including a radio tag; and a cover which closes the cavity at least partially when positioned on the implant in a so-called closed position, the radio tag and printed circuit being removably housed in the cavity.
Claims19
A prosthetic implant comprising:
- a cavity opening onto an outer face of said prosthetic implant, said cavity forming a housing for receiving:
- a printed circuit board including an RFID tag, said RFID tag comprising an antenna connected to an electronic chip containing an identifier and additional data;
- a cover closing at least in part said cavity when it is positioned on said implant in a position called closed position;
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- the RFID tag and the printed circuit board being received removably in the cavity.
A method for the production of a prosthetic implant comprising:
- production of a solid prosthesis;
- and a step of machining said solid prosthesis in order to form a cavity of the prosthetic implant.
A method for the production of a prosthetic implant, in which the prosthetic implant is produced directly from a mould.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.