Implantable miniaturized and soft wireless sensing device to monitor tissue and bone deformation

Abstract

The present invention features a sensor implant that can adhere to bone. The sensing device is capable of sensing bone strains and reporting them as well as loads passing through bone for extended periods of time. The sensor implant can also be used to monitor bone growth for bone segmental repair of long bones or to monitor changes in bone characteristics of patients with osteoporosis. The present technology has the potential to give physicians the ability to predict when a patient with osteoporosis has an impending fracture and thus be able to intervene and prevent further damage.

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