US Patent Issued to Neuralytix on April 22 for "System and method for assessing nerve health during a spinal decompression procedure" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,880, issued on April 22, was assigned to Neuralytix LLC (Brighton, Mich.).

"System and method for assessing nerve health during a spinal decompression procedure" 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 neural monitoring during a spinal decompression procedure, performed by a system comprising a processor, includes: generating an electrical stimulus with a controlled electrical current; transmitting the stimulus to an electrode contacting a nerve of a subject; receiving a mechanomyography (MMG) output signal from a mechanical sensor cont...