ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,610, issued on June 10, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Lever reducer" was invented by Gregory Martin (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jason Blain (Encinitas, Calif.), Taylor Semingson (San Diego) and Peter Bono (Bingham Farms, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a lever reducer and methods of using a lever reducer are provided. In some embodiments, the lever reducer system includes a first tower, a second tower, and a lever reducer configured to couple to the first tower and the second tower. The lever reducer can include a fulcrum configured to be coupled to the first tower and a swivel configured to be...