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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Innovative Surgical Solutions, Llc, Wixom, MI (US);
Christopher Wybo, Highland, MI (US);
Innovative Surgical Solutions, LLC, Wixom, MI (US);
Abstract
A nerve mapping system includes a plurality of electrodes, a sensor, and a processor in communication with each of the plurality of electrodes and the sensor. Each electrode is disposed on the distal end portion of one or more elongate medical devices configured to extend within an intracorporeal treatment area of a subject. The sensor is in communication with a muscle of a subject, and is configured to provide an output signal corresponding to a monitored response of the muscle. The processor receives an indication of the location of each electrode and an indication of a magnitude of the monitored muscular response. Using these parameters, the processor determines a distance to the nerve from the location of each of the plurality of electrodes, and constructs a virtual model of the nerve using the determined distance to the nerve at each of the plurality of locations.