ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,860, issued on March 31, was assigned to Neuralytix LLC (Fruita, Colo.).
"System and method for intraoperative guidance" was invented by David S. Nay (Novi, Mich.) and Christopher Wybo (Brighton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for intraoperative guidance during a surgical procedure involving a nerve includes receiving real-time image data from an intraoperative imaging modality, the real-time image data depicting anatomical structures within an intracorporeal treatment area including the nerve; determining at least one nerve function parameter indicative of nerve health; and controlling a display device to concurrentl...