Patent ID: 11944547
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for effecting a fusion of an SI joint, the method including:
(a) forming a sacral-side implant receiving surface in the sacral side of the SI joint, the sacral-side implant receiving surface being substantially decorticated and comprising a portion of a sacral-side triangular shape with a base side of the sacral-side triangular shape extending substantially parallel to a posterior extent of the SI joint;
(b) forming an iliac-side implant receiving surface in the iliac side of the SI joint opposite the sacral-side implant receiving surface, the iliac-side implant receiving surface being substantially decorticated and comprising a portion of an iliac-side triangular shape lying opposite to the sacral-side triangular shape across the SI joint, and the sacral-side implant receiving surface and the iliac-side implant receiving surface defining an SI joint implant receiving volume for receiving an SI joint implant along a plane of the SI joint implant receiving volume; and
(c) fixing the SI joint implant in the SI joint implant receiving volume in an implanted position in which a plane of the SI joint implant aligns with the plane of the SI joint implant receiving volume.