US 12,472,070 B2
Method and apparatus for joint stabilization
Caleb Cuevas, Milton, GA (US)
Assigned to RESILIENT SURGICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Filed by Resilient Surgical Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,756.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/530,743, filed on Aug. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0041064 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/30988 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30995 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joint stabilization method comprising:
placing an elongated blunt-tipped pin within a joint of a human, the blunt-tipped pin including a cannulated interior;
placing at least one of contrast and medicine within the cannulated interior of the elongated blunt-tipped pin;
placing a dilator having a substantially hollow interior over the elongated blunt-tipped pin, while the elongated blunt-tipped pin remains inserted within the joint;
placing a drill guide over the dilator and the elongated blunt-tipped pin, the drill guide having a substantially hollow interior section;
removing the dilator and the elongated blunt-tipped pin, leaving the drill guide;
drilling through the interior of the drill guide to provide a pathway for an implant; and
placing the implant within the pathway, the implant to reside within the joint.