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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Kan Min, Rüschlikon, CH;
Brian Kunes, Arlington, VA (US);
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A rod reducer includes a housing, an anvil, a locking anvil configured to engage a locking plug of a bone screw assembly, an arm assembly, a reducing screw extending through the housing and rotatably coupled with the anvil, and a locking screw extending through the housing and rotatably coupled with the locking anvil. The arm assembly includes an arm hingedly coupled to the housing, and first and second grasping members configured to engage the bone screw assembly. The first and second grasping members are hingedly coupled to the housing and extend through the anvil. Rotation of the reducing screw transitions the arm assembly between an open position, in which, distal portions of the arm and the first and second grasping members are radially expanded, and a closed position, in which, the distal portions of the arm and the first and second grasping members are radially contracted.