US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on Sept. 23 for "System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,575, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"System and method for evoking a reflex to monitor the nerves of the larynx" was invented by Kevin L. McFarlin (Saint Johns, Fla.), David C. Hacker (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Anirudhan Narasimhan (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an endotracheal tube having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the electrodes include at least one stimulating electrode configured to stimulate tissue of a patient and at least one monitoring electrode configured to monitor at least one nerve of a patient. The system includes a nerve integri...