Patent ID: 11911074
Assignee: NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDIC.; AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A device to measure and provide feedback associated with an external bone alignment device comprising:
a coupling component arranged and configured to selectively attach to one of a plurality of struts of the external bone alignment device, the external bone alignment device arranged and configured to align two or more bones or pieces of bone, the external bone alignment device comprising a first bone coupling device arranged and configured to engage a patient's first bone or piece of bone, a second bone coupling device arranged and configured to engage a patient's second bone or piece of bone, the plurality of struts coupled to the first and second bone coupling devices, each of the plurality of struts being arranged and configured to be lengthened and shortened so that adjustment of the strut moves the first bone coupling device relative to the second bone coupling device; and
circuitry to, in real time, determine and provide information regarding an absolute or relative positioning or length of the strut to which the strut measurement and feedback device is attached.