Our mission is to give clinicians the ability to measure fracture healing with confidence. We develop sensors on implanted medical devices to quantitatively track fracture healing and measure local infection biomarkers.

Musculoskeletal diseases affect over half the US population aged 18+, and nearly three quarters of the 65+ population.¹ On average people have two fractures during their lifetime. These fractures are often surgically treated; many people also undergo procedures for other orthopaedic conditions. Following orthopedic surgery patients are scheduled to follow-up with their medical team to monitor progress and manage treatment. Plain radiography is commonly used to evaluate anatomy and detect pathologies; however, interpretation of fracture healing is subjective and imprecise. Quantitative assessments would allow physicians to intervene to avoid complication with slowly healing fractures and have more confidence with normally healing patients.

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Two recent reviews on fracture non-union highlight the importance of this concern:

“Today, the remaining bottleneck in evidenced-based fracture care is the virtual absence of clinical tools that allow for direct, quantitative assessment of the fracture healing state.” ²

“The answer to whether we need a better assessment of fracture healing is an unqualified yes.” ³