ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,029, issued on April 7, was assigned to OrthoIQ LLC (Claremont, Calif.).

"Implant stability sensor system and method" was invented by Donald Eugene Rea (Claremont, Calif.), Phillip Ormond Merritt (La Canada, Calif.), Sahil Kashyap (Landing, N.J.), Alan Aaron Davidner (Claremont, Calif.), Randall Carl Danta (Georgetown, Texas) and Kimberly Elasky (Westlake Village, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting motion between an implant and a bone that can optionally include: a bone locator means configured to be coupled to the bone, an implant attachment means configured to be coupled to the implant, and a data analysis...