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System, method, and device for monitoring orthopaedic implant data over a cellular network

  • US 8,685,091 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2006
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device comprising:

  • an implantable orthopaedic prosthesis having secured thereto a circuit, the circuit comprising;

    (i) a sensor configured to generate implant sensor data;

    (ii) a cellular transceiver configured to receive and transmit data over a cellular network;

    (iii) a memory device having stored therein a first implant serial number assigned to the implantable orthopaedic prosthesis; and

    (iv) a processor electrically coupled to the sensor, the cellular transceiver, and the memory device, the processor being configured to receive the implant sensor data from the sensor and transmit the implant sensor data over the cellular network using the cellular transceiver in response to the first implant serial number being equal to a second implant serial number received over the cellular network.

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