Disclosed herein is a joint implant including a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint, and a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint and contacting the first implant. The second implant can include a plurality of sensors configured to measure data and a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and adapted to receive the data from the sensors. The first implant can be a femoral implant coupled to a femur. The second implant can be a patellar implant coupled to a patella. Sensor data from the patellar implant can indicate movement between the femoral implant and the patellar implant and identify patella condition such as a patellar rotation, patellar tilt and patellar tendonitis.

A surgical probe for augmenting artificial intelligence (AI) based anatomical recognition. Preferably the medical device probe is applied to any body cavity or space for which an image can be obtained and the medical device probe delivered to the target tissue captured on the image (i.e. endoscopic, arthroscopic, or other minimally invasive surgical procedures) in order to train and augment anatomical recognition models. The probe may provide reference points, markings, surface contours, size and scale representations, dye marking, spatial cues, light refraction, sonic propagation and other modalities for determining tissue properties and biomechanical characteristics. A data set of device probe augmented medical images and video are captured from the procedure and used to train the AI based recognition algorithms. The probe, which is designed with a machine-recognizable shaped tip and scale of reference markings, is manipulated by the surgeon to outline or “paint” specific tissue sites, explore tissue makeup, and provide other augmentations to the medical imaging dataset for AI recognition model development. The trained AI model provides immediate feedback with regard to anatomical feature identification, size, biomechanics, surgical guidance and disease state diagnosis.

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.

Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for tracking joint implant performance. A joint implant according to the present disclosure can include a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint; a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint; an insert coupled to the first and second implants; an acoustic exciter configured to emit a vibration signal; a sensor to measure the vibration signal of the first implant, the second implant, and the insert; and a processor operatively coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to output a vibration signature to an external source.

Systems and methods for estimating anatomic alignment between two or more bones are described herein. An example method can include registering an anatomic reference frame. Additionally, the method can include establishing a respective rotational relationship between each of one or more bones and an orientation sensor attached to each of the one or more bones. The method can also include receiving, from each of the orientation sensors, orientation information, and then calculating an orientation of a bone relative to the anatomic reference frame. The method can further include calculating, using the respective orientations of the bones relative to the anatomic reference frame, an anatomic alignment parameter between first and second bones.

Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for tracking joint implant performance. Braces and trackers for assessing pre- or post-surgical kinematic movement of a joint are also disclosed. The implants, braces and trackers can be utilized together or separately. Trackers having magnets can be implanted in select areas of the joint and sensors included in the braces can cooperate with the trackers to provide joint movement information to both the patient and the surgeon. Braces that do not require cooperation with implanted trackers are also disclosed, as are their uses.

Disclosed herein are methods for determining kinematic information of a joint. A method according to one embodiment may comprise the steps of receiving data obtained from a sensor of an implanted joint implant, analyzing the data with a trained estimation model to simultaneously determine kinematic information of the joint in six degrees of freedom, and outputting the kinematic information. In another embodiment, a method may comprise the steps of applying data obtained from a Hall sensor of an implanted joint implant to a trained estimation model to simultaneously determine kinematic information of the joint in six degrees of freedom; and outputting the kinematic information.

Methods for evaluating subjects having conditions associated with loss of muscle function (e.g., a motor neuron disease, a neuromuscular disease, or a myopathy) by measuring muscle function (e.g., muscle strength) are disclosed.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing secure authentication and connection between an implant and a remote monitoring platform for tracking implant performance. A joint implant according to the present disclosure can include a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint, a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint, a first communication module, and a memory to store authentication information. The first communication module can be configured to wirelessly transfer the authentication information to a communication module of an external device when the external device is placed adjacent the joint implant. The first communication module can be an NFC communication module configured to transfer the authentication information to the communication module of the external device via NFC.

Disclosed herein are joint implants and methods for tracking joint implant performance. A joint implant includes a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint and a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint. The second implant includes at least one of a first sensor configured to measure a first type of data, and a processor operatively coupled to the at least one of the first sensor. The process outputs the first type of data to a network to be compared with data received from other joint implants. One of the joint or the implant is determined to be in a first state based on a comparison of the first type of data to a set of predetermined values formed based on the data received from the other joint implants. The predetermined values are adapted to change with the addition of new data.