Spinal implant system and methods of use
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsJonathan M. Dewey, Fuad N. Mefleh, Cathlene Donaldson
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Abstract
A method comprises the steps of: imaging at least one trial with a patient anatomy; acquiring data points representative of an image of the at least one trial selectively positioned relative to the patient anatomy; displaying the image from a computer monitor; imaging at least one spinal implant with the patient anatomy; and aligning the at least one spinal implant with the image via a display from the computer monitor. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and surgical instruments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method for treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
- imaging at least one trial with a patient anatomy;
- acquiring data points representative of an image of the at least one trial selectively positioned relative to the patient anatomy;
- displaying the image from a computer monitor;
- imaging at least one spinal implant with the patient anatomy;
- and
- aligning the at least one spinal implant with the image via a display from the computer monitor.
A method for treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting an implant strategy for an interbody implant, the implant strategy including a size and/or configuration of the interbody implant;
- disposing a trial with vertebral tissue according to the implant strategy, the trial having a navigation component generating a signal representative of a position of the trial;
- imaging the trial with the vertebral tissue and acquiring data points representative of an image of the trial selectively positioned relative to the vertebral tissue;
- transmitting the data points to a computer database and displaying the image from a computer monitor, wherein a size and/or configuration of the image is adjustable via a display from the computer monitor;
- removing the trial from the vertebral tissue;
- imaging the interbody implant with the vertebral tissue;
- and
- aligning the interbody implant with the image via a display from the computer monitor.
A method for treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
- imaging a first trial disposed with vertebral tissue, the first trial having a navigation component generating a signal representative of a position of the first trial relative to the vertebral tissue;
- acquiring data points representative of an image of the first trial selectively positioned with a lateral portion of vertebral tissue;
- removing the first trial from the vertebral tissue and displaying the image from a computer monitor;
- imaging a second trial disposed with the vertebral tissue, the second trial having a navigation component generating a signal representative of a position of the second trial relative to the vertebral tissue;
- acquiring data points representative of an image of the second trial selectively positioned with a contra-lateral portion of the vertebral tissue;
- removing the second trial from the vertebral tissue and displaying the image of the second trial from the computer monitor;
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- aligning a first spinal implant with the image of the first trial via a display from the computer monitor and aligning a second spinal implant with the image of the second trial via a display from the computer monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.