SMART JOINT

WEAR DETECTION DEVICES FOR DETECTING WEAR IN JOINTS IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL; LASER AND PULSE EMITTING DEVICES WHICH INTERACT WITH JOINT IMPLANTS TO ENABLE DETECTION OF JOINT SURFACE WEAR; DEVICES AND ASSEMBLIES FOR MEASURING JOINT WEAR WITH REFERENCE TO A PERIOD OF TIME FOR REFLECTION OF A SIGNAL, PULSE OR LASER, MONITORING DEVICES COMPRISING MICROCHIPS FOR USE IN MONITORING THE CONDITION OF SKELETAL JOINTS AND JOINT BEHAVIOR PARAMETERS IN ANIMAL AND HUMAN JOINTS

SURGICAL, MEDICAL AND VETERINARY APPARATUS, NAMELY ORTHOPAEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND ARTICLES, NAMELY SURGICAL PROSTHESES FOR JOINTS OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL BODIES COMPRISING HIP, KNEE AND SHOULDER PROSTHESES; PROSTHESES FOR IMPLANTATION IN SKELETAL JOINTS; ACETABULAR PROSTHESES AND ACETABULAR CUPS; MONITORING DEVICES COMPRISING MICRO CHIPS FOR IMPLANTATION IN; OR NEAR SKELETAL JOINTS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A JOINT OR JOINT BEHAVIOR PARAMETERS; MONITORING DEVICES COMPRISING MICROCHIPS FOR INCLUSION IN JOINT PROSTHESES FOR MONITORING JOINT CONDITION AND JOINT BEHAVIOR PARAMETERS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, NAMELY, REAMERS, CUTTERS AND INSERTION TOOLS FOR INSERTION OF PROSTHESES AND MONITORING DEVICES IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS