Neurophysiological stimulation system and methods with wireless communication
AssigneeDinnos Technology
InventorsFabrice Chenaux, Jean-Sebastien Merette
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatus that allow the surgeon and the IONM specialist to continuously get a feedback on the relative proximity from the instruments to a nerve and on the health of this nerve. By having a coupling device that allows every instrument to be electrically stimulated, the surgeon, through the instruments, continuously sends a small electrical input into the patient's body and depending on the relative proximity between this electrical stimulation and a nerve, a neuromonitoring modality is recorded through electrodes placed on the patient. The characteristics of this response allow the IONM specialist to determine the health status and or location of the nerves.
Claims21
An electrically, elongatable conductive medical glove comprising:
- an electrically insulated elastic glove body having an inner surface for intimately contacting a portion of a users hand and an outer surface;
- a portion of the outer surface of the glove body has an integral electrically conductive elastic coating
- (a) sprayed through an atomizer or
- (b) dispensed through a syringe
- on the portion that is an electrically, elongatable conductive path, the elasticity of the coating being selected to functionally match the elasticity of the glove body;
- wherein the path maintains full integration with the glove body to the elastic limit of the glove body while maintaining conductivity after donning the glove in an elastically expanded state wherein at least a section of the electrically conductive path is capable of being elongated between 100 and 250%, the glove thereby capable of recovering its initial shape when the glove is relaxed.
An electrically conductive medical glove comprising:
- an electrically insulated elastic glove body having an inner surface for intimately contacting a portion of a users hand and an outer surface,
- a portion of the outer surface of the glove body has an integral electrically conductive elastic coating
- (a) sprayed through an atomizer or
- (b) dispensed through a syringe
- on the portion that is an electrically, elongatable conductive path,
- the elasticity of the coating being selected to functionally match the elasticity of the glove, wherein the electrically, elongatable conductive path maintains full integration with the glove body when elongated between 50 and 300% while maintaining conductivity with a resistivity below 2000 Ohms after recovery of its initial shape and remaining electrically conductive with a resistivity below 2000 Ohms while donned.
An electrical conductor comprising:
- an electrically insulated elastically expandable member;
- a portion of the outer surface of the expandable member has an integral electrically conductive elastic coating
- (a) sprayed through an atomizer or
- (b) dispensed through a syringe
- on the portion that is an electrically, elongatable conductive path, where the elasticity of the coating is functionally equivalent to the elasticity of the expandable member;
- wherein the electrically conductive path maintains full integration with the expandable member and remains continuously conductive while elongated with a resistivity below 2000 Ohms and is capable of recovering its initial shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.