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).
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Publication number: 20170143426Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130178758Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: NuVasive, Inc.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130165814Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130158357Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130150679Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130150677Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130150678Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
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Publication number: 20130150676Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: NuVasive, Inc.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130144127Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
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Publication number: 20130144390Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
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Publication number: 20130137931Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NUVASIVE, INC.
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Publication number: 20130138216Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130131456Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: NUVASIVE, INC.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130060092Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: NuVasive, Inc.Inventor: NuVasive, Inc.