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

Claim 3:
4. 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 a user-selected threshold testing mode and operating in the user-selected alert testing mode;
receiving said first and second neuromuscular response data sets in the control unit,
evaluating automatically, by the control unit in said user-selected alert testing mode, said second neuromuscular response data set for a presence or absence of a response in said second neuromuscular response data set based on said second transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signal; and
automatically displaying results indicative of the health or status of the one or more nerves during the spinal surgical procedure based on the evaluation by the control unit operating in the user-selected alert testing mode.