Patent ID: 8202324

Claim:
A system for facilitating implant selection for a patient, the system comprising: a plurality of implants including at least one subset in which at least one of a first, second, and third implant variable associated with a respective different physical characteristic of the implants is constant and at least another of the first, second, and third implant variables varies within each said subset; and at least one case including: a plurality of receptacles, each said receptacle configured to receive a corresponding one of said plurality of implants, a first anatomical structure identifier, and a second anatomical structure identifier, said first anatomical structure identifier configured for use in a first position of said case and said second anatomical structure identifier configured for use in a second position of said case, said first position of said case oriented 90° from said second position of said case, wherein said first anatomical structure identifier identifies one of said plurality of implants for implantation right of a sagittal plane of the patient and said second anatomical structure identifier identifies the same one of said plurality of implants for implantation left of the sagittal plane of the patient.