Diagnosis of total hip replacement (THR) loosening using imaging often fails to provide reliable results. New implants instrumented with sensors shall conform to this challenge. Therefore, a novel concept of an in vivo sensor was tested. This simple mechano-acoustical sensor is integrated inside the total hip stem and enables detection of osseous fixation. The sensor is excited by an external coil and impinges inside the THR. The spring-back of the sensor can be detected by an extracorporeal coil, while the structure-borne sound is measured with a vibration sensor placed at the patient’s leg. Experiments of a THR with one integrated sensor showed the possibility to differentiate between well fixed and loosened implants. The presented in vivo sensor system has a promising potential to detect loosening and to analyze osseointegration.
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Ruther, C., Timm, U., Fritsche, A., Ewald, H., Mittelmeier, W., Bader, R., & Kluess, D. (2013). A New Approach for Diagnostic Investigation of Total Hip Replacement Loosening (pp. 74–79). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29752-6_6
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