US 12,064,192 B2
Spinal implant system and methods of use
William Alan Rezach, Covington, TN (US); Mark C. Dace, Collierville, TN (US); Richard Quinn Brown, Collierville, TN (US); and Rodney Ray Ballard, Lakeland, TN (US)
Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,653.
Application 17/346,653 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,410, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,065,065.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298843 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2090/367 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
manipulating patient anatomy, the patient anatomy including a vertebra;
acquiring a set of data points representative of a three dimensional position of a first member of an implant relative to the vertebra subsequent to manipulating the patient anatomy;
aligning a second member of the implant with the first member according to the set of data points;
engaging the second member with the first member to assemble the implant;
coupling a surgical driver to a robot arm;
coupling the implant to the surgical driver;
generating images of a portion of the robot arm;
registering the generated images with imaging of the patient anatomy; and
implanting the first member in the vertebra using guidance from the robot arm.