US Patent Issued to SI-Bone on May 26 for "Apparatus, systems, and methods for the fixation or fusion of bone" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,165, issued on May 26, was assigned to SI-Bone Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Apparatus, systems, and methods for the fixation or fusion of bone" was invented by Mark A. Reiley (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies of one or more implant structures make possible the achievement of diverse interventions involving the fusion and/or stabilization of the SI-joint and/or lumbar and sacral vertebra in a non-invasive manner, with minimal incision, and without the necessitating the removing the intervertebral disc. The representative lumbar spine interventions, which can be performed on adults or children, include, but a...