Patent ID: 7927334

Claim:
A surgical instrument to position an implant element relative to a bone anchor of a spinal implant system, comprising: an elongated extension with a distal end removably engageable to the bone anchor and extending along a first longitudinal axis from said distal end to a proximal end; a mounting member removably mountable to said proximal end of said extension along said first longitudinal axis, wherein said mounting member includes first and second linking arms extending distally from a proximal end of said mounting member; a reducing member extending along a second longitudinal axis, said reducing member being pivotally linked to said mounting member in side-by-side relation about a pivot axis, said reducing member including at least one leg movable distally along said second longitudinal axis for positioning in contact with the implant element, wherein said first and second linking arms include distal ends coupled to opposite sides of said reducing member at said pivot axis and said first and second linking arms extend proximally from said distal ends in an oblique orientation to said first and second longitudinal axes to said proximal end of said mounting member when said first and second longitudinal axes are positioned in parallel relation to one another; and a lateral displacement member engaged to one of said mounting member and said reducing member and having a spaced position from a proximal portion of the other of said mounting member and said reducing member, said lateral displacement member being movable from said spaced position into contact with said proximal portion of said other of said mounting member and said reducing member while engaged to said one of said mounting member and said reducing member to move said proximal portion of said reducing member away from said mounting member about said pivot axis and to move a distal end of said at least one leg toward said distal end of said extension thereby positioning the implant element in a location more proximate the bone anchor.