US 12,076,251 B2
Implants for spinal fixation and or fusion
Ali H. Mesiwala, Claremont, CA (US); Mark A. Reiley, Delray Beach, FL (US); Paul M. Sand, Redwood City, CA (US); Bret W. Schneider, San Jose, CA (US); Scott A. Yerby, Montara, CA (US); Christopher I. Shaffrey, Durham, NC (US); Robert K. Eastlack, La Jolla, CA (US); Juan S. Uribe, Paradise Valley, AZ (US); Isador H. Lieberman, Plano, TX (US); Frank M. Phillips, Chicago, IL (US); David W. Polly, Edina, MN (US); Phillip J. Singer, Bowling Green, KY (US); Jeffrey B. Phelps, North Richland Hills, TX (US); Derek P. Lindsey, San Jose, CA (US); Patrick Kahn, Livermore, CA (US); Nikolas F. Kerr, Milpitas, CA (US); and Francois Follini, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to SI-Bone Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by SI-Bone Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,296.
Application 17/649,296 is a continuation of application No. 16/874,149, filed on May 14, 2020, granted, now 11,234,830.
Application 16/874,149 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/018402, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Application PCT/US2020/018402 is a continuation of application No. 16/276,430, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,369,419.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/859,646, filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/933,250, filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354665 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4455 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7055 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/025 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2835 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3085 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of stabilizing a sacroiliac (“SI”) joint with a composite implant, the method comprising:
rotationally advancing a composite implant along a posterior sacral alar-iliac (“SAI”) trajectory, the composite implant including an outer sleeve disposed about a monolithic inner shank with a distal inner thread of the outer sleeve interfaced with a distal outer thread of the inner shank,
the distal outer thread of the inner shank extending distally relative to a distal end of the outer sleeve, and
the outer sleeve comprising an outer sleeve thread in the same direction and continuous with the distal outer thread of the inner shank at the distal end of the outer sleeve, and a growth region that comprises a plurality of surface growth features that are sized and configured to facilitate at least one of bony on-growth, in-growth, or through-growth; and
rotationally advancing the composite implant through the sacrum, across the SI joint, and into the ilium such that the distal outer thread of the inner shank is anchored in the ilium and such that the outer sleeve is implanted across the SI joint and into the sacrum with the growth region of the outer sleeve disposed across the SI joint.