US 11,980,415 B2
Robotic surgery
Eric Finley, San Diego, CA (US); Adrien Ponticorvo, San Diego, CA (US); Mike Serra, San Diego, CA (US); Christopher Nelsen, San Diego, CA (US); Robert German, San Diego, CA (US); Justin Doose, San Diego, CA (US); Danielle Richterkessing, San Diego, CA (US); Antonio Ubach, Tucson, AZ (US); and John C. Love, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,651.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,627, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183755 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 18/22 (2013.01) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2018/00339 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2035 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing spinal surgery, the method comprising:
exposing a vertebra of a patient;
disposing a distal end of a laser instrument proximate the vertebra;
conducting a laser-based topographical analysis of the vertebra using the laser instrument;
registering a patient's anatomy using the laser-based topographical analysis; and
creating a pilot hole in the vertebra with the laser instrument,
wherein creating a pilot hole in the vertebra with the laser instrument includes creating a multi-diameter pilot hole.