US Patent Issued to Legacy Surgical on June 9 for "Devices, systems and methods for SI joint treatment" (Texas, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,799, issued on June 9, was assigned to Legacy Surgical LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Devices, systems and methods for SI joint treatment" was invented by Josh Simpson (Austin, Texas), Lee Strnad (Richfield, Ohio) and Dave Lamb (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for inserts for sacroiliac joint arthroplasty, which can include the employment of a longitudinal bone screw and associated threaded cylindrical sleeve, received on a proximal end of the bone screw, with a collet, nut or other securement feature holding the sleeve onto the screw. The sleeve can selectively articulate and/or be i...