Patent Development

Patent Development

Dr Hodge first began research on human motion at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Ruth Sleeper Hall at the main campus in downtown Boston where he founded the first Biomotion Laboratory. He was lead investigator of the ‘Instrumented Hip Project’ sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the William H. Harris Foundation. Dr Hodge implanted the first ‘radio-telemetry’ hip joint at MGH and was featured on CNN News and in Science Magazine. He began to study the precise motion of knee replacements and sponsored research to develop ‘fluoroscopic Animation Analysis.’ He partnered with his MIT student, Dr Scott Banks to develop the ‘3D Animation Analysis’ which led to re-defining the way knee replacements were tested and developed. From his research, Dr Hodge was able to expand the worlds knowledge base on hip and knee function and quantitate kinematic & load measurements. These led to building better joint implants and helping multiple millions of patients.

#5,413,604: Prosthetic Knee Implant for An Anterior Cruciate Deficient TKR. Hodge, WA

#6,409,768: Screw Anchored Joint Prosthesis. Tepic, S and Hodge, WA

#9,357,995: Internal Joint Brace System and Suture Anchor Assembly. Hodge, WA; Tepic, S and Bresina, S

PCT US2016/043,333: A Medial and Lateral Pivoting Knee Implant System. Hodge, WA