US Patent Issued on Jan. 27 for "Sacro-iliac fusion systems and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,162, issued on Jan. 27.

"Sacro-iliac fusion systems and methods" was invented by Charles Gilbride (Salinas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may be used to secure an ilium to a sacrum. The system may include an implant configured to pass through an access pathway to an implantation site between the ilium and the sacrum. The system may also include one or more anchors that are deployable outward from the implant and into the sacrum and/or the ilium proximate the implant to retain the implant relative to the ilium and/or the sacrum."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2020, under Application No. 17/767,983.

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