ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,491, issued on Nov. 11, 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. In one embodiment, a drill assembly is advanced from a posterior approach into the SI joint to create a pilot SI joint opening; portions of which being disposed in the sacr...