Get Ready for Smart Implants
In earlier articles I have predicted the rise of Smart Implants in Orthopedic medicine. Now it’s 2009 and there is no stopping it…embedded sensors are coming to Orthopedics. This is driven by a convergence of three areas – new technology capabilities in embedded sensing, a growing understanding of embedded chip capabilities by Orthopedic manufacturers, and incentives for [...]
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