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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Stanley T. Palmatier, Olive Branch, MS (US);
William D. Armstrong, Memphis, TN (US);
Anthony J. Melkent, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30565 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4615 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4623 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4632 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4635 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4668 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4687 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument comprises a member connected with a spinal implant defining an axis. A first image guide is connected with the member and oriented relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the member. A second image guide is connected with the member and oriented to represent an angle measuring a second orientation of the axis relative to a first orientation. Systems, implants and methods are disclosed.