Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.

Ebi, LLC

Michal Zentko

David Barry

Matthew Tobias Jacobs

John Christian Barrett

Oliver Buchert

Mary Beth Grabowsky

A surgical instrument for reducing a rod into a saddle of a fixation member includes a distal end for engaging the saddle and a proximal end. A reducing device is disposed between the distal end and the proximal end. The reducing device is operative to reduce the rod into the saddle. The reducing device defines a throughbore. The throughbore provides access there through by a first drive member to secure a plug to the saddle.

Reduction instrument, surgical assembly including a reduction instrument and related method

A method of adjusting a distance between a first surgical rod and a second surgical rod includes providing a surgical rod connector having a housing with first and second ends and a longitudinal passage extending between the first end and the second end. The method also includes positioning the first surgical rod in the first end and positioning the second surgical rod in the second end. The method further includes mounting an anchor mechanism to the surgical rod connector and applying a force on the anchor mechanism and a corresponding force on one of the first and second surgical rods to distract the first and second surgical rods relative to one another.

Anchor and rod connector

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Cherry Hill, NJ, United States of America

Michal Zentko