ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,529, issued on March 24, was assigned to Tenon Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Sacroiliac joint stabilization prostheses" was invented by Richard S Ginn (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prostheses are described for stabilizing dysfunctional sacroiliac (SI) joints. The prostheses are sized and configured to be press-fit into surgically created pilot SI joint openings in dysfunctional SI joint structures. The prostheses have a pontoon shape with opposed elongated partially cylindrical sections connected by a bridge section. The partially cylindrical sections and, in some instances, the bridge section have a porous str...