SURGICAL DEPTH INSTRUMENT HAVING NEUROMONITORING CAPABILITIES

Title:

SURGICAL DEPTH INSTRUMENT HAVING NEUROMONITORING CAPABILITIES

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/085537

Kind Code:

A3

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.

Inventors:

JACOBS JORDAN N (US)
WILSON CHRISTOPHER (US)
RIOUX ROBERT F (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2017/059714

Publication Date:

June 28, 2018

Filing Date:

November 02, 2017

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

EDGE SURGICAL INC (US)

International Classes:

A61B5/107; A61B90/00

Foreign References:

US20080104855A1	2008-05-08
US20100198227A1	2010-08-05
US20020104230A1	2002-08-08

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