Patent ID: 9161799
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a spine disorder, the method comprising the steps of: providing an instrument comprising providing a tracking device including a sensor that receives the signal and communicates with a processor to generate data for display of an image from a monitor, the image representing position of the second member relative to a body; slidably translating the first portion relative to and along the handle such that the second portion engages the first locking surface to dispose the members in a first orientation such that the locking surfaces are engaged to resist relative axial translation of the members; spacing the tissue with the first member; navigating the second end of the second member to a surgical site adjacent vertebral tissue with the tracking device; disposing the members in a second orientation such that the locking surfaces are disengaged and the second member is axially translatable relative to the first member; and rotating the second member to create a bore within the vertebral tissue at the surgical site.