Patent ID: 9375323
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method for trans-iliac lumbar fusion, the method comprising: creating an insertion path from an anterolateral region of a lumbar vertebra L5, in a caudal direction through the intervertebral disc into and through an opposite anterolateral interior region of a sacral vertebra S1, through the sacro-iliac joint, and terminating in the ilium; providing a bone fixation implant comprising an elongated implant structure; and inserting the bone fixation implant through the insertion path from the anterolateral region of a lumbar vertebra L5, in a caudal direction through the intervertebral disc into and through the opposite anterolateral interior region of a sacral vertebra S1, through the sacro-iliac joint, and terminating in the ilium.