ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,810, issued on July 28, was assigned to SKULLE IMPLANTS OY (Turku, Finland).
"Implant for monitoring osseointegration after implantation" was invented by Pekka Vallittu (Kuusisto, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an implant (1, 30, 50, 70) comprising a non-metallic structural part (4, 38, 73) made of a fibre reinforced composite and having isoelastic properties with bone. The implant also comprises a first reference stress level sensor (6, 31, 51, 76) arranged in connection with the structural part, and a second osseointegration level sensor (7, 32, 52, 77) arranged on a surface of the structura...