Patent ID: 7835778
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for use in navigating an implantation of a human spinal implant, comprising: a first pedicle screw member and a second elongated rod member of the construct adapted to selectively interact with each other after implantation and said first pedicle screw member operable to be fixed into a boney structure; a third pedicle screw member positionable relative to said first pedicle screw member and said second elongated rod member in an anatomical portion; a first localization element selectively and removably fixed to said first pedicle screw member having a depressible member to operate an internal mechanism to engage and disengage from said first pedicle screw member; a second localization element selectively and removably fixed to said second elongated rod member; a detector operable to detect said first localization element and said second localization element when said first localization element and said second localization element is selectively fixed to at least one of said first pedicle screw member or said second elongated rod member; and a processor configured to: