‘Smart Hip’ Monitors Real-Time Performance of Bone Implants, Stimulates Bone Growth
Clara Frias has created this “intelligent” hip device in order to detect an implant’s eventual problems and to stimulate bone growth, thus improving the quality of life for patients and reducing the risk of further surgery. The Smart Hip is a network of capsules, measuring sensors and actuators that are placed on the hip implant. [...]
Spine21 to develop the Bionic Inter-Spinous Process Spacers that will use radio frequency to control spacing
Spine21, an Israel spine startup that is a portfolio company of TechnionSeed, a partnership between four leading international VC funds and the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Spine21 has received $222,000 loan for the venture. http://ow.ly/uHn0
OrthoChip, a wireless chip reader for spine disc pressure, will be developed by OrthoMEMS and Stellartech
Strategic Alliance… http://ow.ly/rOSl Get Ready for Smart Implants… http://orthostreams.com/?p=9
A glimpse into the future of medicine – OrthoMEMS expands patent license for wireless Biomedical Sensors beyond spine and orthopedics
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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 [...]
The Future of Orthopedics is Smart Implants
On a dark cold morning in February 2015 the Orthopedic staff at Cleveland Clinic receives a worrisome email from one of their total hip patients, Samantha Ingram. However, this email is not from Samantha but rather from Samantha’s hip implant. The hip implant email explains that a local Staph infection has just started and provides [...]
It’s 2009… Where are the Smart Implants in Orthopedics?
It’s 2009… Where are the Smart Implants in Orthopedics? Over 650,000 total joints will be implanted this year in the US. None will contain microchips. At this period in medical history, I would have bet that orthopedic implants would be able to “tell” physicians and health care workers what is going on with [...]
