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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Edge Surgical, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Jordan N. Jacobs, Randolph, MA (US);
Christopher Wilson, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert F. Rioux, Ashland, MA (US);
EDGE SURGICAL, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A device configured to provide a faster and more accurate measurement of depths of holes for placement of bone screws and fastener for bone implant fixation procedures. The device includes a combination of a bone probe for physical examination of a hole drilled in a bone and a depth gauge member for determining a depth of the hole and providing digital measurement of the depth via a display on the instrument and/or via a wireless exchange of measurement data to a remote computing device, such as a tablet or smartphone. The device may further be connected to a separate neuromonitoring device and be used for nerve sensing and/or nerve stimulation by way of the bone probe. For example, the bone probe may include a conductive material such that the distal probe tip acts as an extension of the neuromonitoring device and may be used to sense and/or stimulate nerves.