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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Jonathan M. Dewey, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel A. Shimko, Memphis, TN (US);
Mark C Dace, Memphis, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for treating a spine comprises the steps of: inserting a surgical instrument into a tissue cavity, the surgical instrument including an image guide oriented relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the surgical instrument relative to the tissue cavity; displaying a selected configuration with a distal end of the surgical instrument in the tissue cavity; tracking movement of the selected configuration in the tissue cavity with a tracking device that communicates with a processor to generate data for display of the movement; and determining a volume of the tissue cavity based on the data. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and surgical instruments are disclosed.