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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Zyga Technology, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert L. Assell, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeremy Thomas Carr, Lauderdale, MN (US);
Eugene Arthur Dickhudt, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Thomas Godfrey Berg, Centerville, MN (US);
Brian P. Beaubien, St. Paul, MN (US);
Zyga Technology, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of repairing a prior sacroiliac fusion that was not effective at stabilizing a sacroiliac joint. The prior sacroiliac fusion used a first fastening device that extended between an ilium and a sacrum. At least one aperture is formed that at least partially extends through at least one of an ilium and a sacrum. An undercutting system is inserted at least partially into the aperture and is used to cut tissue between the ilium and the sacrum. A second fastening device is inserted into the first aperture to retain the ilium in a stationary position with respect to the sacrum.