Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical depth instrument having neuromonitoring capabilities
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Application No.: US16163000Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US10578416B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Jordan N. Jacobs , Christopher Wilson , Robert F. Rioux
- Applicant: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: EDGE SURGICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Brown Rudnick LLP
- Main IPC: G01B3/28
- IPC: G01B3/28 ; G01B3/20 ; A61B90/00 ; G01B7/16 ; A61B17/17 ; B23B49/00 ; A61B5/107

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190086190A1 SURGICAL DEPTH INSTRUMENT HAVING NEUROMONITORING CAPABILITIES Public/Granted day:2019-03-21
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