Zimmer Biomet is looking to put sensors in more than just knee implants

May 6, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

Canary Medical Zimmer Biomet Canary Health Implantable Reporting Processor CHIRP smart knee implant

The Canary Health Implantable Reporting Processor (CHIRP) can go inside the tibial extension segment of a commercial knee prostheses, shown here. [Image courtesy of Canary Medical]

Even as Zimmer Biomet prepares to launch its Persona-IQ smart knee implant later this year, the ortho device giant is looking at additional opportunities to package sensors inside ortho implants.

Startup Canary Medical (Vancouver, British Columbia), which created the Canary Health Implantable Reporting Processor (CHIRP) that is going inside the Persona-IQ, has cemented a long-term relationship with Zimmer Biomet to provide proprietary use of the sensor technology for all the areas where ZB is active, ZB CEO Bryan Hanson disclosed during the company’s Q1 earnings call.

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Chris Newmarker

Chris Newmarker is the executive editor of WTWH Media life science's news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. A professional journalist of 18 years, he is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at cnewmarker@wtwhmedia.com.