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 |
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.
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