US 12,144,549 B2
Surgical implant bending system and method
Thomas V. Mcgahan, Germantown, TN (US); Matthew M. Morrison, Cordova, TN (US); Richard L. Brown, Mesa, AZ (US); Victor D. Snyder, Erie, CO (US); Robert A. Till, Jr., Avon, IN (US); and John Hengesbach, Carmel, IN (US)
Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,026.
Application 18/299,026 is a division of application No. 16/782,439, filed on Feb. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,622,809.
Application 16/782,439 is a division of application No. 15/479,051, filed on Apr. 4, 2017, granted, now 10,582,968, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0000508 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/00 (2016.02) [A61B 17/8863 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
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1. A spinal implant system comprising:
a spinal implant template configured to provide three dimensional coordinates of a selected implant configuration; and
an implant bending device including work surfaces engageable with a spinal implant to manipulate the spinal implant to the selected implant configuration and an implant contact sensor,
wherein the spinal implant template includes a digitizing arm that generates the three dimensional coordinates of the selected implant configuration and communicates the coordinates to the implant bending device,
wherein the implant contact sensor is connected with the work surfaces and is configured to detect contact of at least one of the work surfaces with the spinal implant, the spinal implant system further comprising:
a first disc including first indicia; and
a second disc including second indicia,
wherein the discs are connected with the work surfaces such that the discs are movable relative to one another to align the first indicia with the second indicia such that a medium passing through the discs is detectable by the sensor.