Implantable Bone Reshaping Device with Wireless Remote Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing implantable bone reshaping devices face challenges in effective adjustment and monitoring, leading to suboptimal therapeutic outcomes due to difficulties in observing, monitoring, and adjusting these devices without additional surgical procedures, which increase risks and complications.
Innovation Solution
A bone growth device comprising an implant body, an actuator, a sensor, a transceiver, and a controller, which allows for external remote control adjustments based on measured biological parameters, enabling precise and minimally invasive therapy optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If implantable bone reshaping devices are used to avoid external fixators, then patient comfort and infection risk are improved, but device adjustability and monitoring capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates sensors that continuously monitor bone healing progress, implant position, and physiological parameters, transmitting this data wirelessly to external devices. This feedback loop enables automated or remotely-guided adjustments to the implant's corrective forces, maintaining adjustability while keeping the implant fully internalized and eliminating pin track infections associated with external fixators.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment mechanisms (requiring surgical exposure and direct manipulation) with wireless communication and automated control systems. The implant receives adjustment commands wirelessly and automatically modifies its corrective forces, eliminating the need for repeated surgical procedures while maintaining therapeutic adaptability.
2Ease of manufacture
If implantable devices are positioned under the skin, then visibility and patient psychology are improved, but device observation and monitoring deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wireless communication modules and external monitoring devices as intermediaries between the implanted device and the physician/patient. Sensors within the implant continuously measure physiological parameters, implant position, and bone healing metrics, transmitting this data wirelessly to external receivers. This intermediary system enables full monitoring capability while keeping the implant completely internalized and invisible.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces direct visual observation and manual measurement methods with wireless telemetry and electronic sensing systems. The implant incorporates sensors and transmitters that automatically report on device function, bone healing progress, and physiological responses, eliminating the need for surgical exposure or manual assessment while maintaining complete observability of therapeutic effects.
3Adaptability or versatility
If additional surgical procedures are performed to adjust implants, then device adaptability is improved, but patient risk and recovery time deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates sensors that continuously monitor bone healing progress, implant position, and physiological parameters, transmitting this data wirelessly to external devices. This feedback loop enables automated or remotely-guided adjustments to the implant's corrective forces, maintaining adaptability while eliminating the need for additional surgical procedures and their associated risks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements automated control systems that can adjust the implant's therapeutic parameters based on sensor feedback without requiring physician intervention or surgical procedures. The implant autonomously monitors its own performance and bone healing progress, making real-time adjustments to maintain optimal therapeutic forces, thereby eliminating patient exposure to surgical risks while preserving full adaptability.
4Ease of operation
If external fixators are used for bone reshaping, then device adjustability is improved, but patient comfort and quality of life deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the adjustment and monitoring functions from the external fixator structure and relocates them entirely within the patient's body. The implant is a fully internalized device that can be adjusted and monitored without any external components, pins, or wires penetrating the skin, thereby eliminating pin track infections, joint stiffness, and the psychological burden of visible external hardware while maintaining full adjustability through wireless control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the external mechanical adjustment system with wireless communication and automated internal actuation mechanisms. The implant receives adjustment commands wirelessly and automatically modifies its corrective forces without requiring external manipulation or patient interaction, eliminating the bulk and inconvenience of external fixators while preserving precise control over therapeutic parameters.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for adjusting a curvature of a spine are provided. The systems may include an implant body, an actuator coupled to the implant body, a sensor configured to detect a parameter indicative of a biological condition, a transceiver, and a controller. The transceiver may be configured to transmit data associated with the parameter to an external remote control and receive instructions from the external remote control. Finally, the controller is configured to move the actuator in response to the instructions from the external remote control, wherein the actuator adjusts the implant body. The methods may include measuring a parameter indicative of a biological condition; transmitting data associated with the parameter from the implantable device to an external remote control; transmitting instructions from the external remote control to the implantable device; and actuating the implantable device in response to the instructions from the external remote control.