Patents by Inventor NuVasive, Inc.

NuVasive, Inc. 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).

  • Publication number: 20170143426
    Abstract: A method is provided for correcting a curvature or deformity in a patient's spine based on the digitized locations of implanted screws. The method is implemented by a control unit through a GUI to digitize screw locations, accept one or more correction outputs, and generate one or more rod solution outputs shaped to fit at locations distinct from the implanted screw locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130178758
    Abstract: Methods for determining structural integrity of a bone within the spine of a patient, the bone having a first aspect and a second aspect, wherein the second aspect separated from the first aspect by a width and located adjacent to a spinal nerve. The methods involve (a) applying an electrical stimulus to the first aspect of the bone; (b) electrically monitoring a muscle myotome associated with the spinal nerve to detect if an onset neuro-muscular response occurs in response to the application of the electrical stimulus to the first aspect of the bone; (c) automatically increasing the magnitude of the electrical stimulus to until the onset neuro-muscular response is detected; and (d) communicating to a user via at least one of visual and audible means information representing the magnitude of the electrical stimulus which caused the onset neuro-muscular response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130165814
    Abstract: The present invention involves systems and methods for determining nerve proximity, nerve direction, and pathology relative to a surgical instrument based on an identified relationship between neuromuscular responses and the stimulation signal that caused the neuromuscular responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130158357
    Abstract: The present invention involves systems and related methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments, including the use of neurophysiology-based monitoring to: (a) determine nerve proximity and nerve direction to surgical instruments employed in accessing a surgical target site; (b) assess the pathology (health or status) of a nerve or nerve root before, during, or after a surgical procedure; and/or (c) assess pedicle integrity before, during or after pedicle screw placement, all in an automated, easy to use, and easy to interpret fashion so as to provide a surgeon-driven system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130150679
    Abstract: The present invention involves systems and related methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments, including the use of neurophysiology-based monitoring to: (a) determine nerve proximity and nerve direction to surgical instruments employed in accessing a surgical target site; (b) assess the pathology (health or status) of a nerve or nerve root before, during, or after a surgical procedure; and/or (c) assess pedicle integrity before, during or after pedicle screw placement, all in an automated, easy to use, and easy to interpret fashion so as to provide a surgeon-driven system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130150677
    Abstract: A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130150678
    Abstract: A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130150676
    Abstract: A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130144127
    Abstract: A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130144390
    Abstract: A system and method for spinal fusion comprising a spinal fusion implant of non-bone construction releasably coupled to an insertion instrument dimensioned to introduce the spinal fusion implant into any of a variety of spinal target sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130137931
    Abstract: A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130138216
    Abstract: A system and method for spinal fusion comprising a spinal fusion implant of non-bone construction releasably coupled to an insertion instrument dimensioned to introduce the spinal fusion implant into any of a variety of spinal target sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130131456
    Abstract: A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130060092
    Abstract: A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.