Sensors developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute can be integrated into orthopedic implants with little, or no, implant modifications. Smart orthopedic implants--those incorporating sensors ...

For patients with a broken shin bone, a new generation of smart orthopaedic implants is being developed that can monitor healing progression at the bone fracture site. And, when required, these ...

Scanning electron microscopy images of cement specimens with 0% (a), 10% (b), 20% (c, f), 30% (d) and 40% (e) barium titanate (by weight). (Courtesy: Materials 11 1258/CC BY 4.0) Natural bone exhibits ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although wearable technology has been used for research in orthopedics for several decades, its use for tracking ...

That’s the question facing orthopedic surgeons and rehab physicians as they learn to work with a new knee replacement that incorporates sensors and processors to send data about how the joint works ...

Newly developed 'smart' coatings for surgical orthopedic implants can monitor strain on the devices to provide early warning of implant failures while killing infection-causing bacteria, researchers ...

The lines between traditional medtech and digital healthcare continue to blur, and a perfect example of this trend is Zimmer Biomet's Persona IQ smart knee implant, which is now FDA cleared. According ...

Biomedical engineers and surgeons at Duke University and UCLA have demonstrated an antibiotic coating that can be applied to orthopedic implants minutes before surgery that eliminates the chances of ...

Last month, surgeons implanted the first of a new, souped-up knee implant, developed by Zimmer Biomet as a way to passively collect data about recovery after one of medicine’s priciest and most common ...

Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic surgeon Tyler Watters, MD, performed the state’s first implant of a smart orthopedic device. Dr. Watters implanted the Persona IQ smart knee implant, the clinic said ...