Patent ID: 9408557
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of changing a contact point of a joint in the muscular-skeletal system using quantitative measurements comprising the steps of: placing a sensored prosthetic component in the joint wherein the sensored prosthetic component has an articular surface and wherein a plurality of load sensors couple to the articular surface; measuring a load magnitude with each of the plurality of load sensors applied by the muscular-skeletal system to the articular surface wherein the sensored prosthetic component includes electronic circuitry coupled to the load plurality of sensors, an inertial sensor, and a power source and wherein the electronic circuitry is configured to control a measurement process; measuring a reference position of the sensored prosthetic component relative to a bone wherein the sensored prosthetic component is coupled to the bone and wherein the inertial sensor is configured to measure the reference position; transmitting measurement data from the sensored prosthetic component to a processor wherein the measurement data is stored in memory coupled to the processor wherein the processor is configured to calculate a contact point from the measurement data; displaying the articular surface of the sensored prosthetic component on a display coupled to the processor wherein the display indicates the contact point on the articular surface; and repositioning the sensored prosthetic component from the reference position relative to the bone; and displaying movement of the contact point on the display in real-time as the sensored prosthetic component is repositioned wherein the inertial sensor is configured to measure the movement from the reference position.