Patent attributes
Embodiments of the present disclosure include in-situ formed or in-situ-manufactured expandable cages, expandable implants, and additive-manufacturing systems for printing spinal implants in-situ, and methods for printing the same. Some embodiments may include a robotic subsystem including scanning and imaging equipment configured to scan a patient's anatomy. Some embodiments may further include an armature having a dispensing component configured to dispense at least one printing material and a controller. The controller may be configured to control the scanning and imaging equipment to determine a target alignment of a patient's spine, and develop in-situ-forming instructions including an in-situ relocation plan. In some embodiments, the in-situ-forming instructions may be based on the target alignment of the patient's spine and an interbody access space which may only partially provide access to a disc space between adjacent vertebra of the patients spine. The controller may execute the in-situ-forming instructions to form an interbody cage.
