Florida’s First Smart Knee Implant Procedure for Total Knee Replacement

South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine surgeon Daniel A. Jones, MD, officially implanted the world’s first smart knee implant in the state of Florida on May 26, 2022. The implant, known as the Persona IQ®, is the world’s first and only smart knee implant granted De Novo status by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for total knee replacement surgery. Persona IQ combines the proven and trusted knee implant, Persona® The Personalized Knee®, with implantable sensor technology that measures range of motion, step count, walking speed, and other gait metrics. “We are very excited to be the first in the entire state of Florida to offer this groundbreaking technology to our patients,” stated Daniel A. Jones, MD, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and joint reconstruction specialist at South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports medicine. “This innovative device and system allows me to access objective kinematic data directly from the implant post surgery. This is done securely with only data that helps us make decisions that will better the outcomes of total knee arthroplasty. No GPS or tracking data is ever collected.” The Persona IQ smart knee implant features sensor technology that records and wirelessly transmits a wide range of gait data from the knee implant to a patient’s base station at home. The data is then securely delivered to a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based platform where it can be accessed by the patient and the surgeon. For more information, click here.