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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Thomas V. McGahan, Germantown, TN (US);
Robert A. Till, Jr., Avon, IN (US);
John Hengesbach, Carmel, IN (US);
Richard L Brown, Mesa, AZ (US);
Victor D. Snyder, Erie, CO (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A spinal implant system includes a spinal implant template having a base connected to vertebral tissue and a member movable relative to the base. The member includes a sensor configured to identify coordinates of one or more bone fasteners connected with the vertebral tissue. An implant bending device includes work surfaces engageable with a spinal implant to manipulate the spinal implant to a selected implant configuration based on the coordinates. Surgical instruments, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.