Process and apparatus for managing medical device selection and implantation

A method of assisting an orthopedic implant procedure in an operating room with a display communicating with a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. loading on the computer system a sub-set of surgical instruments and implant instruments arranged into a substantially specific order based upon a determination of a sequence of bone cuts to be performed in the procedure;
• b. presenting on the display images of the surgical instruments and implant instruments in the substantially specific order;
• c. on the display, advancing through the substantially specific order of the surgical instruments and implant instruments;
• d. wherein a user interface to the computer system is located in the operating room and the user interface allows a user to control the computer system's advancement though the substantially specific order on the display;
• e. providing (i) a surgical table in the operating room, (ii) a camera viewing the surgical table, and (iii) the computer system receiving images from the camera;
• f. loading into memory of the computer system a sub-set of surgical instruments and implant instruments arranged into a substantially specific order;
• g. placing the sub-set of surgical instruments and implant instruments on the surgical table;
• h. capturing an image with the camera of the surgical instruments and implant instruments on the surgical table;
• and
• i. determining which of the surgical instruments and implant instruments loaded into the computer memory are present in the image of surgical instruments and implant instruments.