Michael R. Hausman;Joseph J. Mrva;Geoffrey B. Thrope;Robert B. Strother
发明人:
Michael R. Hausman,Geoffrey B. Thrope,Robert B. Strother,Joseph J. Mrva
申请号：
US14473221
公开号：
US20140371622A1
申请日:
2014.08.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a means for determining, as an example, the health or location of nerves. Generally, embodiments according to the present invention may be used to verify the absence of nerve tissue along a prospective incision location to avoid damage caused by such incision. Alternatively or additionally, embodiments according to the present invention may be used to locate and/or hone in on a more precise location of one or more nerves. Electrical stimulation may be applied to tissue in an iterative fashion in one or more desired patterns and at one or more stimulation intensities to determine one or more regional neural responses and one or more focused neural responses.
