US 12,114,901 B2
Surgical instrument and method
Jonathan M. Dewey, Memphis, TN (US); Cathlene Marie Patel, Charlotte, NC (US); Fuad Nedal Mefleh, Thornton, CO (US); Abel C. Kim, Cordova, TN (US); Madelyn Dana Golding, Memphis, TN (US); Bradley Allan Melancon, Memphis, TN (US); and Julien J. Prevost, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,975.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346844 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/7074 (2013.01) [A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system comprising:
a first surgical instrument having a selected configuration and an image guide disposed relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the image guide, the first surgical instrument extends between a first end and a second end and defines a longitudinal axis;
a passive image guide fixable with vertebral tissue and disposed relative to the sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the passive image guide, the passive image guide including a first surface; and
a second surgical instrument being coaxially connected with the first surgical instrument, the second surgical instrument extending between a first end and a second end including a second surface having a projection, the first end of the second surgical instrument being fixed with the first end of the first surgical instrument such that the projection extends from the second end of the first surgical instrument and is engaged with the first surface in a mating configuration to provide verification of the selected configuration.