US Patent Issued to SpineGuard, Omnia Medical on Oct. 27 for "Surgical tools and methods for accessing a sacroiliac joint via a posterior approach based on sensed electrical characteristics" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,326, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SpineGuard (Vincennes, France) and Omnia Medical LLC (Morgantown, W.va.).

"Surgical tools and methods for accessing a sacroiliac joint via a posterior approach based on sensed electrical characteristics" was invented by Troy Schifano (Morgantown, W.va.) and Stephane Bette (Vincennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides systems including a cannulated surgical drill tool with electrical conductivity sensing capabilities, and surgical techniques for using such tools in minimally invasive surgical procedures for accessing the SI joint via a posterior approach using...