US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on June 2 for "Smart implants for periprosthetic joint infection" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,658, issued on June 2, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Smart implants for periprosthetic joint infection" was invented by Paden Troxell (Conshohocken, Pa.) and David C. Paul (Phoenixville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical implant includes an implant component configured to be implanted in a patient, an electrode array, an energy storage device, a wireless communication interface, and implant circuitry. The electrode array includes sensor electrodes spaced apart on the implant component. The energy storage device, wireless communication interface, and implant circuitry are inside the implant component. ...