Devices, Systems and Methods for SI Joint Treatment
AssigneeLegacy Surgical, LLC
InventorsJosh SIMPSON, Lee STRNAD, Dave LAMB
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Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for inserts for sacroiliac joint arthroplasty, which can include the employment of a longitudinal bone screw and associated threaded cylindrical sleeve, received on a proximal end of the bone screw, with a collet, nut or other securement feature holding the sleeve onto the screw. The sleeve can selectively articulate and/or be immobilized relative to the bone screw, with the system allowing for, at a surgeon's option, motion preservation between bone surfaces in some surgical applications while being utilized as an immobilizing and/or fusion construct between bone surfaces during other surgical applications.
Claims7
A method of stabilizing a bone joint, comprising:
- identifying the bone joint to be stabilized, the bone joint comprising a first bone segment, a second bone segment and a joint region located between the first and second bone segments;
- providing an elongated bone implant having a proximal externally threaded section and a distal externally threaded section, the proximal externally threaded section capable of independent rotation from the distal externally threaded section;
- inserting the distal end of the elongated implant first through the first bone segment, then transversely across the joint region and then at least partially into the second bone segment;
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- rotating at least one of the proximal and distal externally threaded sections to stabilize bone joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.