Patent ID: 7814916

Claim:
A kit for percutaneously implanting an implantable marker in a bone, comprising: a guide instrument having a guide channel extending at least partially along a longitudinal axis thereof and for receiving an implantable marker therein, wherein the guide instrument includes a magazine for storing a plurality of implantable markers; an insertion tool receivable within the channel of the guide and translatable at least partially along the longitudinal axis, the insertion tool having a distal end for releasably engaging an implantable marker; an implantable marker receivable within the channel, the implantable marker comprising a housing defining a cavity and a marker detectable by a tracking system in the cavity, wherein the insertion tool is operable to drive the implantable marker into the bone, and the magazine includes a dispensing mechanism configured to automatically insert a further implantable marker into the guide channel after a current implantable marker has been implanted; and a drill receivable within the guide channel and translatable at least partially along the guide channel, the drill having a drill bit at a distal end for creating a hole in the bone.