Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) system
Equipment combining amplifiers, stimulation/recording software and surface or needle electrodes attached to the patient, operated by a neurophysiologist from within the operating room.
How it is used
Records real-time somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), motor evoked potentials (MEP) and other signals to flag the risk of neurological injury during spine surgery, brain or spinal cord tumor resection, and cerebrovascular surgery.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.