ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,039, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Tenon Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Systems for sacroiliac joint stabilization" was invented by Richard S Ginn (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are described for stabilizing a dysfunctional sacroiliac (SI) joint of a subject. The systems include a tool assembly and a defect creation assembly, and a prosthesis. The tool assembly is adapted to create a pilot SI joint opening in the dysfunctional SI joint; portions of which being disposed in the sacrum and ilium bone structures. The prosthesis is sized and configured to be press-fit into the pilot SI joint opening, wher...