Patents by Inventor Doug Layman

Doug Layman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and methods for assessing the neuromuscular pathway prior to nerve testing
    Publication number: 20090018610
    Abstract: The present invention involves a system and methods for assessing the state of the neuromuscular pathway to ensure further nerve tests aimed at detecting at least one of a breach in a pedicle wall, nerve proximity, nerve direction, and nerve pathology, are not conducted when neuromuscular blockade levels may decrease the reliability of the results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: James Gharib, Allen Farquhar, Kelli Howell, Doug Layman, Albert Pothier
  • System and Methods for Performing Pedicle Integrity Assessments of the Thoracic Spine
    Publication number: 20080221473
    Abstract: The present invention includes a system and methods aimed at surgery, and more particularly to a system and methods for monitoring nervous tissue to assess the integrity of a pedicle wall during or after pilot hole formation and before, during, or after screw implantation, particularly in the thoracic spine. The system also performs other neurophysiologic assessments including, but not necessarily limited to, neuromuscular pathway status, nerve proximity detection, nerve pathology monitoring, and spinal cord health monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Blair Calancie, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar, Doug Layman