Patent ID: 9452000
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A rod reducer apparatus comprising: a housing having an opening and defining a longitudinal axis; a shaft disposed through the opening, the shaft having threads formed thereon; an anvil coupled to the shaft; a button slidably coupled to the housing and transitionable between a first position wherein the threads of the shaft are engaged with threads on the button and a second position wherein the threads of the shaft are spaced apart from the threads on the button, the button biased towards the first position, the button slidable between the first and second positions along a first axis that defines an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis; and first and second arm members operatively coupled to the housing and configured to engage a bone screw, wherein rotation of the shaft with the button in the first position translates into linear movement of the shaft relative to the housing and linear movement of the shaft with the button in the second position is independent of shaft rotation.