Patent ID: 11877756
Assignee: SI-BONE INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method of decorticating at least one bone surface, the method comprising:
forming an implant bore across a first bone into a space between the first bone and an adjacent second bone, the implant bore having a non-circular lateral cross-section, a maximum lateral extent and a minimum lateral extent;
inserting a cutter of a decorticating device through the non-circular implant bore and into the space between the first and second bones, the cutter having a non-circular lateral cross-section, a maximum lateral extent and a minimum lateral extent, the maximum lateral extent of the cutter being greater than the minimum lateral extent of the implant bore but no greater than the maximum lateral extent of the implant bore; and
rotating the cutter of the decorticating device such that the maximum lateral extent of the cutter extends laterally beyond the implant bore and decorticates a surface of at least one of the first and second bones.