Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for in vivo monitoring of internal mechanical stress associated with physiological phenomena of an internal body structure, such as the heart, lungs and/or gastrointestinal tract, from within the host. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods include an in vivo mechanical stress sensor implantable in the host's body.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are medical devices coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: An intelligent implant includes an implantable reporting processor (IRP) and a component of a prothesis system having a receptacle. The IRP includes an antenna, an electronics assembly including a sensor, a hermetically sealed chamber containing the electronics assembly, a casing configured to house at least a portion of the electronics assembly, and a cover configured to house the antenna. The hermetically sealed chamber contains a gas. The casing and the cover abut one another to form an antenna chamber that houses the antenna and a filler. The receptacle of the component is configured to receive a portion of the IRP and to mechanically couple with the implantable reporting processor. The component of the prothesis system may be one of a tibial component or a femoral component of a knee prosthesis system, a humeral component of a shoulder prosthesis system, and a femoral component of a hip prosthesis system.

Abstract: An intelligent implant includes a component of an implantable prosthesis and an implantable reporting processor (IRP) associated with the implantable prosthesis. The IRP includes a housing having a casing and a cover coupled to the casing, an electronics assembly within the housing, and an antenna within the housing and coupled to the electronics assembly. The antenna is tuned to, and the electronics assembly is configured to enable communication through the antenna at both 2.45 GHZ and 403 MHZ (MICS channel). The antenna comprises a flat ribbon configured in a loop and having major surfaces. The antenna is encapsulated within the cover of the housing and is oriented therein with major surfaces of the antenna generally parallel with an inner surface of the cover.

Abstract: An implantable sensor assembly for use during spinal fusion. The implantable sensor assembly can include a component of an implantable prosthesis and an implantable cartridge associated with the component. The implantable cartridge can include at least one sensor capable of detecting one or more kinematic measurements associated with a patient and generating sensor data, and an antenna in electrical communication with at least one sensor, wherein the antenna transmits sensor data to a receiver at a remote location.

Abstract: A smart medical device includes a structure configured to be at least partially implanted in a body, and an electronics cartridge that is configured to be inserted into the structure after the structure is implanted in the body. The structure may be a cannulated screw for use in treating bone fractures. The medical device includes an impedance sensor for monitoring and reporting on the healing state of bone fractures. The sensor includes components of the electronics cartridge and electrodes that are either associated with the cannulated screw or with the insertable electronics cartridge.

Abstract: Auxiliary components for medical devices, and more specifically, sensing constructs that may be added to a medical device such as an implantable medical device to provide the medical device with sensing functionality. The auxiliary component is not a part of the medical device, but rather is associated with an existing medical device in a secure manner, and provides information about the medical device and/or the environment around the medical device when the device is implanted in a patient, and then transmits that information to a location outside of the patient for evaluation. Delivery systems for delivering the auxiliary components.

Abstract: Tibial inserts and tibial extensions coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and undesired movement of the device. Also provided are tibial inserts and tibial extensions coupled to a sensor, and devices and methods to address problems that have been identified with an implanted medical device.

Abstract: Disclosed sensors can include at least one resonator (in some embodiments, at least two resonators) and various other structures that may be formed in association with the resonators. The at least one resonator in embodiments can include a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode, wherein the piezoelectric layer is positioned between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed sensors can include at least one resonator (in some embodiments, at least two resonators) and various other structures that may be formed in association with the resonators. The at least one resonator in embodiments can include a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode, wherein the piezoelectric layer is positioned between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting an outcome of a patient includes a processor, and a memory storing computer executable instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising obtaining patient kinematic data of the patient; deriving one or more patient kinematic features from the patient kinematic data; and determining the outcome based on the one or more patient kinematic features and at least one additional data element of the patient using an outcome model trained on a training set of kinematic features of the same type as the patient kinematic features and the at least one additional data element.

Abstract: Auxiliary components for medical devices, and more specifically, sensing constructs that may be added to a medical device such as an implantable medical device to provide the medical device with sensing functionality. The auxiliary component is nota part of the medical device, but rather is associated with an existing medical device in a secure manner, and provides information about the medical device and/or the environment around the medical device when the device is implanted in a patient, and then transmits that information to a location outside of the patient for evaluation.