ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,850, issued on May 13, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for lateral and posterior sacroiliac joint fusion" was invented by Todd Moseley (Olathe, Kan.), Colton McQuinn (Grandview, Mo.), Luke Luallin (Fairway, Kan.), Melissa Frock (Lenexa, Kan.), Jeffrey David Lee (Prairie Village, Kan.), Nick Furman (Raymore, Mo.), Adam Frock (Lenexa, Kan.), Adam Rogers (Olathe, Kan.), Christian Aragonez (Kansas City, Mo.) and Jeff Slover (Lee's Summit, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion are described. At least one posterior SI imp...