Integrated Surgical Navigational and Neuromonitoring System
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- an intraoperative neurological monitoring system configured to provide real-time neurological information regarding a neural structure of a patient; and
a surgical navigational system communicatively linked with the intraoperative neurological monitoring system and configured to provide a geographical representation of the neural structure.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an integrated surgical navigational and neuromonitoring system. The integrated system provides real-time visualization of an instrument relative to a visualization of patient anatomy. The integrated system also acquires and incorporates neuromonitoring information into the visualization of the patient anatomy.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an intraoperative neurological monitoring system configured to provide real-time neurological information regarding a neural structure of a patient; and a surgical navigational system communicatively linked with the intraoperative neurological monitoring system and configured to provide a geographical representation of the neural structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of guiding a neural surgical procedure, the method comprising:
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applying electrostimulation to a neural structure of a patient; determining a response to the electrostimulation by the neural structure; determining positional information of the neural structure; and displaying a geographical representation of the neural structure from the positional information of the neural structure on a GUI. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A surgical method comprising:
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applying a stimulus to a neural structure; and visually determining a position of the stimulated neural structure from visual inspection of a GUI showing a geographical position of the stimulated neural structure. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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displaying a preoperative visualization of anatomy of a patient; tracking placement of a surgical tool in the patient; applying a stimulus to an anatomical feature of the patient; determining a response of the anatomical feature to the stimulus; and modifying the preoperative visualization to vary a visualization of the anatomical feature based on the response of the anatomical feature to the stimulus.
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