Quantitative assessment of implant installation
AssigneeKambiz Behzadi
InventorsKambiz Behzadi, Michael E. Woods
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Abstract
A system and method for quantitatively assessing a press fit value (and provide a mechanism to evaluate optimal quantitative values) of any implant/bone interface regardless the variables involved including bone site preparation, material properties of bone and implant, implant geometry and coefficient of friction of the implant-bone interface without requiring a visual positional assessment of a depth of insertion. The following description is presented to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention and is provided in the context of a patent application and its requirements.
Claims17
A sensing structure for an installation into a portion of tissue, comprising:
- a housing defining an exterior shell;
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- said exterior shell further includes a set of sensors;
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- wherein each said sensor of said set of sensors each include a bioreceptor and a transducer communicated to said bioreceptor;
- wherein each said bioreceptor is configured to produce a recognition event upon a recognition of a target analyte;
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- wherein each said transducer is configured, responsive to said recognition event, to produce a recognition signal.
A sensing method for an operation on a portion of tissue, comprising the steps of:
- installing a housing defining an exterior shell, said exterior shell further includes a set of sensors;
- wherein each said sensor of said set of sensors each include a bioreceptor and a transducer communicated to said bioreceptor;
- wherein each said bioreceptor is configured to produce a recognition event upon a recognition of a target analyte within the portion of tissue;
- and wherein each said transducer is configured, responsive to said recognition event, to produce a recognition signal;
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- producing said recognition signal responsive to said recognition even.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.