ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,348, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tenon Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).

"Systems for sacroiliac joint stabilization" was invented by Richard S Ginn (Gilroy, Calif.), Richard Brown (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Daren Stewart (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are described for conducting minimally invasive medical interventions utilizing instruments and assemblies thereof to stabilize and/or fixate a dysfunctional sacroiliac (SI) joint. The systems include a drill guide adapted to create a pilot SI joint opening in the dysfunctional SI joint through an incision comprising a length no greater than 3.0 cm; p...