US Patent Issued to OMNIA MEDICAL on Oct. 27 for "Method and implant system for sacroiliac joint fixation and fusion" (Michigan, California, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,249, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to OMNIA MEDICAL LLC (Morgantown, W.va.).

"Method and implant system for sacroiliac joint fixation and fusion" was invented by Troy Schifano (Morgantown, W.va.), Steve Anderson (Folsom, Calif.), Teck-Mun Soo (Southfield, Mich.) and Gowriharan Thaiyananthan (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method of fusing the sacroiliac joint and tools for accomplishing the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method that uses an intra-articular joint fusion device for connecting the sacrum and ilium that includes creating a first incision in the patient's skin...