Study Demonstrates Safety and Reliability of Checkpoint Nerve Stimulator/Locator for Neural Monitoring in Thyroid Surgery

Checkpoint Surgical, Inc., a U.S.-based medical device company with
proprietary neurostimulation technology for nerve protection and repair,
announced the publication of the first peer-reviewed study comparing the
use of its Checkpoint Nerve Stimulator/Locator to Medtronic’s Nerve
Integrity Monitor for neural monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid
surgeries in the April 2019 edition of The Laryngoscope. The research
was led by senior author Dr. Gregory W. Randolph, M.D., FACS, FACE,
Director of the General and Thyroid/Parathyroid Endocrine Surgical
Divisions at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Professor of Otolaryngology
at Harvard Medical School, who is a leading authority on intraoperative
nerve monitoring for thyroid surgery and a frequent speaker on this
topic at conferences worldwide. The study concludes, “The
Checkpoint stimulator is a safe and reliable alternative to traditional
laryngeal electromyography providing equivalent induced electromyography
of the vocalis for neural monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid
surgery.”

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“This is a very gratifying event for Checkpoint Surgical,” said
President and CEO Len Cosentino. “We’ve always known from the reports of
the surgeons who use our nerve stimulation technology that it provides
safe, reliable and repeatable information for nerve assessment and
protection during surgery. But the validation provided in this study is
extremely meaningful to our clinical value proposition.” Cosentino
continued: “Our objective is to give surgeons an easier, more
cost-effective alternative to monitor nerves intraoperatively that is
also safe and clinically effective. This study adds to our confidence
that we are meeting our objective.”

About Checkpoint Surgical, Inc.

Checkpoint Surgical is a privately held, Cleveland, Ohio-based medical
device company committed to providing surgeons with user-friendly,
cost-effective devices to protect and repair nerves intraoperatively
across the anatomy. At Checkpoint Surgical, our mission is to advance
the science and practice of nerve protection and repair to improve the
quality of life for patients and physicians. For more information
regarding Checkpoint please visit www.checkpointsurgical.com

To read the abstract and access the full article, visit https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31022318.

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