US 12,220,326 B2
Implant placement
W. Carlton Reckling, Cheyenne, WY (US); Mark A. Reiley, Delray Beach, FL (US); Scott A. Yerby, Montara, CA (US); Sean Farley, O'Fallon, MO (US); and Joanne Leung, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to SI-Bone Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by SI-Bone Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,348.
Application 17/504,348 is a continuation of application No. 15/838,070, filed on Dec. 11, 2017, granted, now 11,147,688.
Application 15/838,070 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/515,416, filed on Oct. 15, 2014, granted, now 9,839,448, issued on Dec. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/891,326, filed on Oct. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031474 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4603 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01); A61B 17/1659 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 17/1637 (2013.01); A61B 17/1664 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01); A61B 2017/922 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30995 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4662 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4681 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of implanting a first, second, and third implant in a sacroiliac joint (“SI-joint”) with a dysmorphic long sacrum, the method comprising:
inserting a plurality of guide pins into an anterior portion of the SI-joint that is associated with articular cartilage;
creating a bore around each of the plurality of guide pins; and
inserting an implant into each bore such that each implant is located in an anterior portion of the SI-joint that is associated with articular cartilage,
wherein the first implant that is implanted is the middle placed implant, the second implant that is implanted is the most cephalad placed implant, and the third implant that is implanted is the most caudal placed implant.