Patent ID: 11857780
Assignee: ROCWORKS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A nerve probe assembly comprising:
an electrical probe including an electrode disposed on or about an end thereof for electrically stimulating tissue or recording stimulated tissue activity, an axial length of the electrical probe including a shapeable part;
a rigid sheathing adapted to cover and thereby inhibit a portion of the shapeable part of the axial length of the electrical probe from being shaped, the portion of the shapeable part covered by the rigid sheathing being adjustable; and
a handle and an adjustment structure affixed to respective ones of the electrical probe and the rigid sheathing, the handle defining an internal cavity sized to fit the adjustment structure, the handle and the adjustment structure adapted to cooperate to enable adjustment of an amount of the adjustment structure that extends out of the handle, and thereby adjustment of the portion of the shapeable part of the axial length of the electrical probe covered by the rigid sheathing,
wherein the adjustment structure comprises a threaded insert, and the internal cavity of the handle defines a corresponding interior thread adapted to threadably engage the threaded insert, and
wherein the threaded insert is rotatable within the internal cavity with the corresponding interior thread to adjust the amount of the threaded insert that extends out of the handle, and thereby adjust the portion of the shapeable part of the axial length of the electrical probe covered by the rigid sheathing.