Patent ID: 9585618
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. An electrode probe device for intraoperative nerve location identification, the electrode probe device comprising: a frame supporting at least a first probe and a second probe, wherein each of the first probe and the second probe include two or more electrodes; a slider attached to the frame, the slider configured to be moved to a position on the frame between the first and second probes corresponding to an estimated lateral location of a nerve; a third probe configured to be inserted at a position between the first and second probes, wherein the third probe includes at least one electrode; and a controller electrically coupled to the first, second and third probes, the controller configured to stimulate the two or more electrodes of each of the first probe and the second probe to identify a location of the nerve, and stimulate the at least one electrode of the third probe to confirm the location of the nerve.