ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,193, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Tenon Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Methods for sacroiliac joint stabilization" was invented by Richard S Ginn (Gilroy, Calif.), Richard Brown (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Daren Stewart (Belmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are described for conducting minimally invasive medical interventions utilizing instruments and assemblies thereof to stabilize and/or fixate a dysfunctional sacroiliac (SI) joint. The methods include the initial steps of providing a drill guide assembly adapted to create a pilot opening in the dysfunctional SI joint, a prosthesis configured to be ins...