Patent ID: 9125703
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A compressor/distractor system comprising: two rod reducers each including a proximal end and a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, each rod reducer including an outer member and an inner member, the inner member being selectively attachable to a head of a pedicle screw, the outer member being axially movable relative to the inner member when the inner member is secured to the head of the pedicle screw to secure a spinal rod within a saddle portion of the head of the pedicle screw; a force applying device which selectively engages each of the two rod reducers, the force applying device including first and second hook members, the force applying device having a compressing configuration when the first and second hook members engage the two rod reducers with the rod reducers positioned between the first and second hook members and having a distracting configuration when the first and second hook members engage the two rod reducers with the first and second hook members positioned between the two rod reducers; and a fulcrum which engages the proximal end of each of the two rod reducers and remains in a fixed position on the longitudinal axis of each of the two rod reducers.