Patent ID: 11877860
Assignee: NUVASIVE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
delivering a second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signal to the lumbar motor neural pathways superior and inferior to said surgical target site of said spinal surgical procedure;
determining a second neuromuscular response data set, based on transmission of said second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signal, wherein the first and second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signals are directed by a control unit, said control unit toggleable between a user-selected alert testing mode and user-selected threshold testing mode and operating in the user-selected threshold testing mode, and wherein the intensity of the first and second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signals are determined by the control unit;
receiving said first and second neuromuscular response data sets in the control unit,
comparing automatically, by the control unit in said user-selected threshold testing mode, said intensities of said first and second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signals to determine if the difference between said intensities of said first and second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signals exceed a pre-determined threshold; and
automatically displaying results indicative of the health or status of the one or more nerves during the spinal surgical procedure based on the comparison by the control unit operating in the user-selected threshold testing mode.