US Patent Issued to NuVasive on Aug. 11 for "Assemblies, systems, and methods for a neuromonitoring drill bit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,429, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).

"Assemblies, systems, and methods for a neuromonitoring drill bit" was invented by Thomas Sweeney (San Diego) and John Love (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies, systems, and methods are directed at a neuromonitoring bone drill bit. The assembly may include a surgical bone drill bit, a neuromonitoring connection in electrical communication with the drill bit, and a shield extending over a distal end of the drill bit. The shield may be configured to withdraw proximally as the drill bit is advanced into a subject's bone. The assembly may be connected to ...