Patent ID: 8886280

Claim:
A nerve monitoring device comprising: a support element joined with a plurality of sensors and arranged to join a tube, the support element including a plurality of strips oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of a tube, each strip having a strip sensor, the plurality of strips joined with a first connection element that at least partially surrounds a tube, the strips moveable between a retracted mode, in which the strips are positioned adjacent a tube, and an extended mode, in which at least a portion of the strips extend outwardly from a tube so that the strips conform to the anatomical geometry of at least a portion of a space of a subject in an atraumatic manner; wherein two or more of the strips are placed immediately adjacent to each other so that the strips provide sufficient circumferential coverage such that rotational orientation does not affect the monitoring of at least one nerve; and wherein at least one of the sensors is adapted to measure the activity of at least one nerve when placed in monitoring proximity so that a health care provider can be provided with information concerning the location of a nerve.