Smart Implant Peripheral Services

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing peripheral services for an implant with sensors. A method according to the present disclosure may creating a patient account on a patient monitoring platform, determining sensor information to be measured from one or more sensors disposed on an implant coupled to a patient using the patient account, determining a duration during which sensor information is collected and transferred from the one or more sensors to the patient monitoring platform, analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors on the patient account via an external device, and communicating corrective steps from the external device to the patient or the implant via the patient account.

1 . A method for monitoring implant performance, the method comprising the steps of:
 creating a patient account on a patient monitoring platform;   determining sensor information to be measured from one or more sensors disposed on an implant coupled to a patient using the patient account;   determining a duration during which sensor information is collected and transferred from the one or more sensors to the patient monitoring platform;   analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors on the patient account via an external device, and   communicating corrective steps from the external device to the patient or the implant via the patient account based on the analysis of the sensor information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of determining sensor information to be measured includes the step of measuring sensor information from any of a pH sensor, a temperature sensor, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an inertial measurement unit, a Hall sensor, and a pressure sensor disposed on the implant. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the implant is a knee joint implant. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the knee joint implant includes a femoral component coupled to the patient’s femur and a tibial component coupled to the patient’s tibia. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the femoral component includes one or more magnets and the one or more sensors are disposed in the tibial component. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the sensor information includes any of a knee flexion angle, knee varus-valgus rotation, knee internal-external rotation, knee medial-lateral translation, superior-inferior translation, anterior-posterior translation, and time derivatives thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the sensor information includes any of a pH, temperature, and pressure value. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the implant is any of a hip implant, shoulder implant, and ankle implant. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein any of the step of creating the patient account, determining sensor information to be measured and determining the duration is performed by a health care professional or the patient. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors includes using an algorithm to evaluate patient condition and implant condition from the sensor information. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of communicating corrective steps includes changing the sensor information to be measured from the one or more sensors. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of communicating corrective steps includes changing the duration during which sensor information is collected and transferred from the one or more sensors. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of communicating corrective steps includes alerting the patient to perform corrective action. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the step of communicating corrective steps is communicated to a patient’s personal device. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the patient’s personal device is any of a smartphone, tablet, computer, watch, and fob. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the implant include a communication interface to wirelessly communicate with the patient monitoring platform. 
     
     
         17 . A method for monitoring implant performance, the method comprising the steps of:
 determining sensor information to be measured from one or more sensors disposed on an implant coupled to a patient using a patient account, the patient account being accessible on a patient monitoring platform;   determining a duration during which sensor information is collected from the one or more sensors to the patient monitoring platform;   analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors on the patient account, and   communicating corrective steps from an external device to the patient or the implant via the patient account.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the step of analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors includes using an algorithm to evaluate patient condition and implant condition from the sensor information. 
     
     
         19 . A system for monitoring implant performance, the system comprising:
 a patient monitoring platform with a patient account;   one or more sensors configured to read data related to an implant coupled to a patient;   a duration determining module for determining a duration during which sensor information is collected and transferred from the one or more sensors to the patient monitoring platform;   an analysis module for analyzing sensor information received from the one or more sensors on the patient account via an external device, and   a communications module for communicating corrective steps from the external device to the patient or the implant via the patient account based on the analysis of the sensor information.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the analysis module includes an algorithm to evaluate patient condition and implant condition from the sensor information. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the implant is a knee joint implant comprising a femoral component coupled to the patient’s femur and a tibial component coupled to the patient’s tibia. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the sensor information includes any of a knee flexion angle, knee varus-valgus rotation, knee internal-external rotation, knee medial-lateral translation, superior-inferior translation, anterior-posterior translation, and time derivatives thereof.