Whether a patient monitoring system that uses an Apple Watch can improve outcomes and lower costs for patients undergoing a knee or hip replacement is the subject of a clinical trial launched Monday.
The clinical study will enroll as many as 10,000 joint-replacement patients in the U.S. to test the effectiveness of mymobility, an app developed by Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. in partnership with Apple.
Mymobility allows surgeons to send educational materials and therapy reminders directly to a patient's Apple Watch or iPhone, and monitor patient activity levels in the weeks before and afte...
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