Patent ID: 11963699
Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for direct vertebral rotation, comprising:
at least two levers, each of the levers being attachable to a pedicle screw implanted in a vertebra of a spine such that each lever extends proximally from the respective pedicle screw; and
a clamping instrument including an elongate first member and an opposing elongate second member, the first and second members being movable toward one another to a closed position in which the first and second members engage a plurality of the levers to clamp the plurality of the levers between the first and second members;
wherein, in the closed position, the first member is configured to engage a first lever of the plurality of levers at a first interface and a second lever of the plurality of levers at a second interface, and the second member is configured to engage the first lever at a third interface and the second lever at a fourth interface, each of the first, second, third, and fourth interfaces including a compliant material.