US Patent Issued to Intelivation Technologies on Jan. 27 for "Pedicle screw distractor and reduction instrument" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,163, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Intelivation Technologies LLC (Saint Simons Island, Ga.).

"Pedicle screw distractor and reduction instrument" was invented by David Rathbun (Saint Simons Island, Ga.) and Amir Fayyazi (Saint Simons Island, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedicle screw distractor and reduction instrument that includes a main body including a distraction tab and a reduction foot; a secondary link pivotably mounted to the main body; a drive link coupled between the secondary link and the distraction aperture; a distraction actuator coupled to the drive link and structured to move the main body relative the se...