US Patent Issued to University of Maryland, Baltimore on June 16 for "Device and method for sacroiliac fusion" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,682, issued on June 16, was assigned to University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore).

"Device and method for sacroiliac fusion" was invented by Charles Sansur (Annapolis, Md.), Steven C. Ludwig (Baltimore) and Ryan Smith (College Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device for sacroiliac ("SI") joint fusion and an associated method employ an SI joint fusion portion and an anchor portion of smaller diameter than the SI joint fusion portion and that extends distally from a distal end of the SI joint fusion portion. The SI joint fusion portion is externally threaded and is configured to, when surgically implanted, ex...