Implantable reporting processor for an alert implant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12285267-B2
Application number	US-202117543556-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2021
Priority date	Mar 23, 2016
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides alert implants that comprise a medical device and an implantable reporting processor (IRP), where one example of such a medical device includes a component for a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) such as a tibial extension, a femoral component for hip replacements, a breast implant, a distal rod for arm or leg breakage repair, a scoliosis rod, a dynamic hip screw, a spinal interbody spacer, and tooling and methods that may be used to form the alert implant, and uses of such alert implants in the health maintenance of patients who receive the implant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A base station comprising:
a radio configured to communicate with a kinematic implantable device associated with a body part of a patient and configured to collect data in accordance with configuration information comprising parameters for each of 1) a high-resolution mode during which a first plurality of kinematic sensors are active and a processing circuit samples signals generated by the first plurality of kinematic sensors at a first sampling rate and a first bit resolution to collect high-resolution kinematic data, and 2) a non-high-resolution mode during which a second plurality of kinematic sensors are active and the processing circuit samples signals generated by the second plurality of kinematic sensors at a second sampling rate less than the first sampling rate and a second bit resolution less than the first bit resolution to collect non-high-resolution kinematic data;
a network communication interface configured to communicate with a cloud database and a network server;
a memory configured to store instructions and data; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform actions, the actions including:
transmitting a request to the kinematic implantable device to temporarily enter the high-resolution mode and collect high-resolution kinematic data;
providing a request to the kinematic implantable device to transmit high-resolution kinematic data collected by the kinematic implantable device to the base station;
receiving the high-resolution kinematic data from the kinematic implantable device; and
providing the high-resolution kinematic data to the cloud database;

wherein the base station further comprises a user interface; and the processor executes the instructions to perform further actions, including:
receiving, via the user interface, the request for the kinematic implantable device to enter the high-resolution mode;
implementing an office mode during which the kinematic implantable device is permitted to be in the high-resolution mode for a duration that does not exceed a maximum duration; and
limiting the number of times the office mode can be implemented during a period.

2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the instructions to perform further actions, including:
receiving at least one event marker via the user interface while the kinematic implantable device is in the high-resolution mode;
storing a timestamp for each of the at least one event marker;
receiving the high-resolution kinematic data from the kinematic implantable device; and
synchronizing the timestamps with the high-resolution kinematic data.

3. The base station of claim 1 , wherein:
parameters for the high-resolution mode identify each of: the first plurality of kinematic sensors, the first sampling rate and the first bit resolution, and at least one type of kinematic measurement to be generated based on the high-resolution kinematic data; and
parameters for the non-high-resolution mode identify each of: the second plurality of kinematic sensors, the second sampling rate and the second bit resolution, and at least one type of kinematic measurement to be generated based on the non-high-resolution kinematic data.

4. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises an identification of a type of the kinematic implantable device and an implant location of the kinematic implantable device.

5. The base station of claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of additional kinematic implantable devices are associated with the patient; and
the memory is configured to associate a single patient identifier of the patient with each of the kinematic implantable device and the plurality of additional kinematic implantable devices, together with a unique identifier for each of the kinematic implantable device and the plurality of additional kinematic implantable devices.

6. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the instructions to perform further actions, including:
periodically querying the cloud database for updated configuration information for the kinematic implantable device;
receiving updated configuration information;
storing the updated configuration information in the memory; and
providing the updated configuration information to the kinematic implantable device during a next communication between the base station and the kinematic implantable device.

7. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the number of kinematic sensors in the first plurality of kinematic sensors is greater than the number of kinematic sensors in the second plurality of kinematic sensors.

8. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of kinematic sensors comprises at least three accelerometers and at least three gyroscopes, and the second plurality of kinematic sensors comprises less than three accelerometers and less than three gyroscopes.

9. A method of controlling operation of a kinematic implantable device that replaces or supplements a natural body part of a patient and configured to collect data in accordance with configuration information comprising parameters for each of 1) a high-resolution mode during which a first plurality of kinematic sensors are active and a processing circuit samples signals generated by the first plurality of kinematic sensors at a first sampling rate and a first bit resolution to collect high-resolution kinematic data, and 2) a non-high-resolution mode during which a second plurality of kinematic sensors are active and the processing circuit samples signals generated by the second plurality of kinematic sensors at a second sampling rate less than the first sampling rate and a second bit resolution less than the first bit resolution to collect non-high-resolution kinematic data:
transmitting, from a base station, a request to the kinematic implantable device to temporarily enter the high-resolution mode and collect high-resolution kinematic data;
providing, from the base station, a request to the kinematic implantable device to transmit high-resolution kinematic data collected by the kinematic implantable device to the base station;
receiving, at the base station, the high-resolution kinematic data from the kinematic implantable device;
providing, from the base station, the high-resolution kinematic data to a cloud database;
receiving, via a user interface of the base station, the request for the kinematic implantable device to enter the high-resolution mode;
implementing an office mode during which the kinematic implantable device is permitted to be in the high-resolution mode for a duration that does not exceed a maximum duration; and
limiting the number of times the office mode can be implemented during a period.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving at least one event marker via the user interface while the kinematic implantable device is in the high-resolution mode;
storing a timestamp for each of the at least one event marker;
receiving the high-resolution kinematic data from the kinematic implantable device; and
synchronizing the timestamps with the high-resolution kinematic data.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
parameters for the high-resolution mode identify each of: the first plurality of kinematic sensors, the first sampling rate and the first bit resolution, and at least one type of kinematic measurement to be generated based on the high-resolution kinematic data; and
parameters for the non-high-resolution mode identify each of: the second plurality of kinematic sensors, the second sampling rate and the second bit resolution, and at least one type of kinematic measurement to be generated based on the non-high-resolut

Assignees

• Canary Medical Inc

Inventors

• Bailey Stephen M
• Bensch Douglas
• Brajer Douglas
• Cushner Fred
• Desaki Aimee L
• Gross Jeffrey M
• Harte Winslow T
• Helseth Nicholas H
• Herrin David A
• Hunter William L
• Keenan Dermot
• Morales George A
• Murphy Shane
• Raitt Stephen
• Snopek Thomas
• Troupe Curtis

Classifications

• A61F2/482

  Electrical means · CPC title

• H04W4/08

  User group management · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• A61F2250/0002

  for data transfer · CPC title

• A61F2/389

  Tibial components (A61F2/3868 takes precedence) · CPC title