Patent ID: 8192438

Claim:
A surgical instrument for reducing a rod toward a bone fastener, comprising: an inner longitudinal body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a distal portion of the inner longitudinal body adapted to receive a portion of the rod therein and further adapted to engage a coupling element coupled to the bone fastener; an outer longitudinal body movably disposed about the inner longitudinal body, the outer longitudinal body having a distal end; an actuator assembly mechanically coupled to both the inner longitudinal body and to the outer longitudinal body, wherein the actuator assembly actuates to move the outer longitudinal body distally with respect to the inner longitudinal body such that the distal end of the outer longitudinal body contacts the rod to move the rod in the coupling element toward the bone fastener; and a handle adapted to actuate the actuator assembly, the handle having a first arm coupled with the inner longitudinal body and a second arm attached to a proximal portion of the outer longitudinal body at an attachment point, the first and second arms being rotatable about a common axis to move the outer longitudinal body relative to the inner longitudinal body, wherein the inner longitudinal body and the outer longitudinal body extend along a longitudinal axis and wherein the common axis does not intersect the longitudinal axis; wherein the outer longitudinal body extends about the inner longitudinal body from the attachment point to the distal end of the outer longitudinal body.