US Patent Issued to Avent on July 1 for "EMG guidance for probe placement, nearby tissue preservation, and lesion confirmation" (Georgia, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,069, issued on July 1, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"EMG guidance for probe placement, nearby tissue preservation, and lesion confirmation" was invented by Eric A. Schepis (Alpharetta, Ga.), Sara Kebede (New Orleans), Phillip A. Schorr (Cumming, Ga.), David T. Curd (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Craig F. Steinman (Cumming, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for locating a target nerve associated with a facet joint via nerve stimulation and monitoring of electrical muscle activity in a multifidus muscle adjacent the target nerve are described. The system includes a probe housed within a cannula and comprisin...