NEUROMONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BONE FIXATION OR FUSION PROCEDURES

摘要

A surgical procedure to insert an implant into the body of a patient may impinge upon or run the risk of damaging neural tissue during the insertion procedure. To reduce this risk, the implant and instrumentation used during the implantation procedure can be modified or adapted for use as neuromonitoring probes to determine whether a nerve is in close proximity.

主权项

1. A neuromonitoring system, the system comprising:
a guide pin having a proximal end, a distal end, and an elongate body made of a conductive material; a guide pin adaptor configured to be secured to the proximal end of the guide pin; a signal generator in electrical communication with the guide pin adaptor; one or more recording electrodes configured to detect a electrophysiological signal from a patient; and a computing device in communication with the one or more recording electrodes, the computing device programmed to process the electrophysiological signal detected by the one or more recording electrodes.