Implant With Sensor Redundancy

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a joint implant including a first implant coupled to a first bone of a joint, and a second implant coupled to a second bone of the joint and contacting the first implant. The second implant can include a plurality of sensors configured to measure data and a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and adapted to receive the data from the sensors. The processor can be configured to communicate with a neural network and a channel detector adapted to exclude a first portion of the data received from the processor and output a second portion of the data.

1 . A joint implant comprising:
 a first implant for coupling to a first bone of a joint; and   a second implant for coupling to a second bone of the joint adjacent the first implant, the second implant including:
 a plurality of sensors configured to measure data; and 
   a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and adapted to receive the data from the sensors,   wherein the processor is adapted to communicate with a neural network and a channel detector configured to exclude a first portion of the data received from the processor and output a second portion of the data.   
     
     
         2 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are Hall sensor assemblies. 
     
     
         3 . The joint implant of  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of the Hall sensor assemblies are configured to measure positioning and movement data of the joint implant. 
     
     
         4 . The joint implant of  claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of the Hall sensor assemblies are configured to measure a coordinate in an X-direction, a coordinate in a Y-direction, and a coordinate in a Z-direction. 
     
     
         5 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the data is inaccurate data and the second portion of the data is accurate data. 
     
     
         6 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the channel detector is configured to arrange data from each of the plurality of sensors into a corresponding channel. 
     
     
         7 . The joint implant of  claim 6 , wherein the channel detector is configured to select channels based on a presence of a data tag with each channel. 
     
     
         8 . The joint implant of  claim 7 , wherein the channel detector is configured to automatically omit a channel including the data tag. 
     
     
         9 . The joint implant of  claim 6 , wherein the channel detector is configured to automatically omit a channel including improper data. 
     
     
         10 . The joint implant of  claim 9 , wherein the channel detector is configured to output all channels excluding the channel including improper data to be viewed by a user. 
     
     
         11 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to communicate with an external source including the channel detector. 
     
     
         12 . The joint implant of  claim 11 , wherein the external source is adapted to communicate with the neural network. 
     
     
         13 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the channel detector is disposed within the joint implant and operatively coupled to the processor. 
     
     
         14 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are automatically activated according to a timed schedule. 
     
     
         15 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are activated when brought into proximity with an external source. 
     
     
         16 . The joint implant of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are manually activated by a user. 
     
     
         17 . A system for tracking a joint implant comprising:
 a joint implant including:
 a first implant for coupling to a first bone of a joint; 
 a second implant for coupling to a second bone of the joint, the second implant including:
 a plurality of sensors configured to measure data; 
 a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and adapted to arrange the data into channels; and 
 
 a channel detector operatively coupled to the processor to detect the channels containing the data and select the channels containing the data to output to a user; 
   wherein the channel detector is configured to exclude a first channel from selection and output a second channel to the user.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , further comprising an external source operatively coupled to the processor of the joint implant, wherein the external source is connected to a neural network adapted to receive the data from the processor. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the external source includes the channel detector disposed therein. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the second implant includes an antenna configured to operatively couple the processor to the external source.