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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Applicant:
James F. Marino, La Jolla, CA (US);
Inventor:
James F. Marino, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and methods that can be used to monitor and detect nerve status and/or proximity by determining relative neuro-muscular response onset value thresholds for a nerve. The nerve status and/or proximity may be determined by delivering and increasing a stimulation signal to depolarize the nerve and measuring the current intensity level at which a neuro-muscular response to the depolarization of the nerve is detected.