Patent ID: 8986348
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for the fusion of the sacral-iliac joint between an iliac and a sacrum comprising creating a lateral insertion path laterally through the ilium, through the sacral-iliac joint, and into the sacrum, providing a bone fixation implant free of external screw threads, wherein the bone fixation implant comprises an elongated implant structure having a longitudinal axis and a rectilinear cross section transverse to the longitudinal axis and including an exterior surface region treated to provide bony in-growth or through-growth along the implant structure, inserting the bone fixation implant through the insertion path laterally from the ilium, through the sacral-iliac joint, and into the sacrum with an axially applied, non-rotational force, and anchoring the bone fixation implant in the interior region of the sacrum to fixate the sacral-iliac joint.