Cycle and load measurement device
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating a patient'"'"'s compliance with a bone healing regimen, the patient provided with a medical device, the method comprising:
- collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system affixed within, to, or near the medical device;
retrieving the movement data from the sensing system;
analyzing the movement data to determine cycle counts for one or more acceleration levels for each of a plurality of time periods; and
evaluating the patient'"'"'s compliance with the bone healing regimen by comparing the cycle counts to a standard cycle distribution comprising a plurality of standard cycle counts that have predetermined values that indicate a different number of cycles for at least some of the plurality of time periods.
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Abstract
The present application relates to a sensing system for an medical device, the sensing system having at least one sensor for measuring movement of the medical device and a recording device for storing movement data from the at least one sensor. The application also relates to a method for evaluating a patient'"'"'s compliance with a healing regimen, the patient provided with a medical device, the method having the steps of a) collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system affixed within, to, or near the medical device; b) retrieving the movement data from the sensing system; and c) analyzing the movement data and comparing the movement data to standard movement data to evaluate the patient'"'"'s compliance with the healing regimen.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating a patient'"'"'s compliance with a bone healing regimen, the patient provided with a medical device, the method comprising:
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collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system affixed within, to, or near the medical device; retrieving the movement data from the sensing system; analyzing the movement data to determine cycle counts for one or more acceleration levels for each of a plurality of time periods; and evaluating the patient'"'"'s compliance with the bone healing regimen by comparing the cycle counts to a standard cycle distribution comprising a plurality of standard cycle counts that have predetermined values that indicate a different number of cycles for at least some of the plurality of time periods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for evaluating a patient'"'"'s compliance with a bone healing regimen, the patient provided with a medical device, the method comprising:
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collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system affixed within, to, or near the medical device, the sensing system comprising at least a first discrete accelerometer for measuring movement of the medical device and a second discrete accelerometer for measuring movement of the medical device, the first discrete accelerometer and the second discrete accelerometer having different acceleration setpoints; retrieving the movement data from the sensing system; analyzing the movement data to determine, for each of a plurality of time periods, detected cycle counts for movements corresponding to the different acceleration setpoints; and evaluating the patient'"'"'s compliance with the bone healing regimen by comparing the detected cycle counts for the plurality of time periods to a standard cycle distribution indicating a predetermined set of standard cycle counts corresponding to the plurality of time periods, the standard cycle distribution indicating different standard cycle counts for at least some of the plurality of time periods, in which the sensing system comprises a recording device for storing movement data from the first discrete accelerometer and the second discrete accelerometer, and the recording device stores movement data from the first discrete accelerometer and the second discrete accelerometer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for evaluating a patient'"'"'s compliance with a bone healing regimen, the patient provided with a medical device, the method comprising:
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collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system affixed within, to, or near the medical device; retrieving the movement data from the sensing system; analyzing the movement data to determine cycle counts for a plurality of different acceleration levels; and evaluating the patient'"'"'s compliance with the bone healing regimen by comparing the cycle counts to a standard cycle distribution corresponding to the bone healing regimen, wherein the standard cycle distribution defines a predetermined curve indicating expected activity levels at different time periods during the bone healing regimen, and the standard cycle distribution indicates a different number of cycles for each of a plurality of time periods. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method for evaluating a patient'"'"'s compliance with a post-surgical bone healing regimen, the patient having an implanted intramedullary nail, the method comprising:
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collecting movement data relating to movement of a sensing system located within the intramedullary nail or an intramedullary nail cap coupled to the intramedullary nail, the sensing system comprising at least a first discrete accelerometer for measuring movement of the patient and a second discrete accelerometer for measuring movement of the patient, the first discrete accelerometer and the second discrete accelerometer having different acceleration setpoints; analyzing the movement data to determine, for each of a plurality of time periods, detected cycle counts for movements corresponding to the different acceleration setpoints; and evaluating the patient'"'"'s compliance with the post-surgical bone healing regimen by comparing the detected cycle counts for each of the plurality of time periods with a standard cycle distribution comprising a collection of predetermined standard cycle counts that represent preset levels of activity that comply with the post-surgical bone healing regimen at corresponding time periods during the post-surgical bone healing regimen, the predetermined standard cycle counts having different cycle count values for at least some of the plurality of time periods. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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