Ortho-tag
Proprietary technologies and intellectual property that enable and enhance wireless, real-time communication though the human body; implanted sensor diagnostics; and in vivo data exchange/storage and drug administrative capabilities of smart medical implants
In-Body Communication
Provides a unique system utilizing a patented transcutaneous volume conduction to wirelessly communicate through the human body with implanted medical devices
Volume conduction communication has many advantages over traditional RFID, as well as enabling the highest level of data security
Provides the solution to powering implantable chips/tags and nanobiosensors without the use
of an internal battery
Provides the solution to overcoming signal interference with other metallic implants
Implantable Data
Provides an in vivo system and method for communicating and storing data, information and images relating to a medical implant device and incorporated nanosensors
Provides real-time data access and secure exchange with implanted
(high-capacity) chips/tags
Enables identification of patient’s implanted device with unique identification (UDI) compliance
Customized platform can be applied to various medical implants and future applications - Orthopedic implants (hip/knee/spine, trauma) Cardiac, neurological, gastrointestinal, urological and other surgical implants
NanoBiosensor Technologies
Enables the ability to detect, through integrated, custom designed nanosensors, the presence of surgical and prosthetic joint infection – in real time
Provides early detection (and intervention) of a progressing infection that adds an additional layer of post-operative patient safety
Future nanotechnolgy is being developed to monitor tissue environment for detecting infection and disease, stimulation of bone healing, and
other therapeutic applications
In Vivo Drug Administration
State-of-the-art antimicrobial implant coating (provisional patent) against
drug resistant bacteria, which does
not further mutate bacteria - provides rest line of implant infection defense
Two-way communication provides chemical sensing capabilities for multiple modes of bone growth,
inflammation and infection sensing
Remote capability to implant, store,
and release (on demand) a wide-range of antibiotics