ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,231, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Tenon Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Systems for sacroiliac joint stabilization" was invented by Richard S Ginn (Gilroy, Calif.), Richard Brown (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Daren Stewart (Belmont, Calif.) and Jeffrey Monroe (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are described for conducting minimally invasive medical interventions utilizing instruments and assemblies thereof to stabilize and/or fixate a dysfunctional sacroiliac (SI) joint. The systems include a drill guide having a bone dislodging member adapted to create a pilot SI joint opening in the dysfunctional SI joint through...