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AssigneeCheckpoint Surgical, Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Hausman, Geoffrey B. Thrope, Robert B. Strother, Joseph J. Mrva
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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.
A method of locating nerve tissue to perform a surgical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
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