Investigating Patient Satisfaction With Smart Knee Implants

"An important advancement in objective recovery data occurred when the first ever 'smart' knee implant for remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was released in 2021. The implant includes both a prosthesis for TKA and a stem, the latter of which records the following metrics: step count, distance traveled, tibial range-of-motion (ROM), functional ROM, average walking speed, stride length, and cadence. The implant sends the recordings to a mobile platform. Additionally, it collects and analyzes patient across the entire population of users and creates percentiles for each metric based on patient age, gender and time since surgery. These recovery curves provide more objective data for practitioners and patients to evaluate recovery progress and make adjustments to their care plans accordingly."