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Apparatus and method for assessing loads on adjacent bones

  • US 6,706,005 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2001
  • Issued: 03/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for providing an in vivo assessment of loads on adjacent bones, said apparatus comprising:

  • an implant that helps adjacent bones fuse together;

    at least one sensor associated with said implant, said at least one sensor for generating an output signal in response to and indicative of a load being applied to said implant through the adjacent bones; and

    at least one telemetric device operatively coupled with said at least one sensor, said at least one telemetric device being operable to receive said output signal from said at least one sensor and to transmit an EMF signal dependent upon said output signal.

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