A team of researchers from Scripps Health has received a grant of $317,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create what the development hopes is the world’s first smart shoulder replacement implant—one that can continuously and remotely monitor and transmit detailed data from patients’ new shoulders.
According to NIH, more than 800,000 U.S. patients had had total shoulder replacements (2017 data) and those numbers are expected to grow by over 200% by 2025, outpacing both hip and knee arthroplasty.1
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