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US 9,629,583 B2Granted
Device for monitoring a medical prosthesis and the human body
AssigneeLape Medical
InventorsThomas Gradel, Gérard Weil, Lionel Piffault, Fabien Gaucher
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Abstract
A device for monitoring a medical prosthesis and the human body includes a sensor for generating signals depending on surrounding stresses, a processor for processing the signals emitted by the sensor in order to convert the signals into data, a storage device for storing the data, a device for wireless transmission of the stored data, and a supply of electrical energy. The device is included in at least one casing, which is made of biocompatible material and has a device for fixing to a bone.
Claims16
A device for monitoring a medical prosthesis and the human body, comprising:
- a sensor, capable of generating signals according to surrounding stresses,
- a processor, capable of processing the signals transmitted by the sensor to convert them into data,
- a storage device, capable of storing the data,
- a wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the stored data,
- an electrical energy power supply,
- in which said sensor, processor, storage device, transmitter and power supply are included in at least one housing made of biocompatible material,
- wherein said at least one housing is a hollow tubular housing, extending in a longitudinal direction (I-I) and is secured reversibly to a substantially tubular sleeve with outer wall provided with an outer threading, said substantially tubular sleeve being intended and designed to be fixed to a bone,
- wherein:
- the tubular housing and/or substantially tubular sleeve comprises an end provided with means for driving in rotation about the longitudinal direction (I-I).
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