ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,954, issued on July 29, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Rod reduction assemblies and related methods" was invented by Andrew Morris (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes example embodiments of rod reduction instrumentation and other rod and vertebrae manipulation instruments. The rod reducers can be used during the installation of a rod based surgical fixation system to help urge the rod into the fixation anchors. The reducers described provide various configurations delivering large reduction distance capabilities, strong controlled reduction coupled with an ability to quickly advance the re...