Patent ID: 11911080
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A rod-reducing apparatus:
a housing comprising a threaded through bore;
a reduction shaft comprising a shaft portion and a through bore in the shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion is configured to be received within the threaded through bore of the housing;
a locking cap driver comprising a shaft portion that is configured to be received within the through bore of the reduction shaft, wherein a distal end of the shaft portion of the locking cap driver is configured for attachment to a locking cap assembly,
wherein the housing comprises a clip-on assembly coupled to the housing to secure the housing to a reducing head,
wherein the clip-on assembly includes a pair of clip-on tabs, each having a proximal end and a distal end, and a spring disposed between the pair of tabs at the proximal end, and
wherein the housing comprises an extension configured to couple the rod-reducing apparatus to the reducing head, wherein the reducing head comprises tabs that define a channel for receiving the extension.