US Patent Issued to Canary Medical on May 6 for "Intelligent joint prosthesis" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,828, issued on May 6, was assigned to Canary Medical Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Intelligent joint prosthesis" was invented by Jeffrey M. Gross (Carlsbad, Calif.), Peter J. Schiller (San Marcos, Calif.), William L. Hunter (Vancouver, Canada), Fred Cushner (New York) and Patrick M. Aubin (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices coupled to a sensor, and systems including such devices, can generate data and analysis based on that data, which may be used to identify and/or address problems associated with the implanted medical device, including incorrect placement of the device, unanticipated degradation of the device, and ...