Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery
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Application No.: US12711937Application Date: 2010-02-24
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Publication No.: US07920922B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: James Gharib , Norbert F. Kaula , Allen Farquhar , Jeffrey J. Blewett
- Applicant: James Gharib , Norbert F. Kaula , Allen Farquhar , Jeffrey J. Blewett , Goretti Medeiros, legal representative
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Agent Jonathan Spangler; Rory Schermerhorn
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36
Abstract:
The present invention involves systems and methods for determining nerve proximity, nerve direction, and pathology relative to a surgical instrument based on an identified relationship between neuromuscular responses and the stimulation signal that caused the neuromuscular responses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100152604A1 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING NERVE PROXIMITY, DIRECTION, AND PATHOLOGY DURING SURGERY Public/Granted day:2010-06-17
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