Patent ID: 8636742

Claim:
A spinal rod reduction device, comprising: an elongate fastener engaging member having first and second jaws adapted to engage at least a portion of a fastener, and a central lumen extending therethrough and defining a longitudinal axis extending between proximal and distal ends of the fastener engaging member; a reduction member disposed around the elongate fastener engaging member and slidably movable along the longitudinal axis of the fastener engaging member; a stationary handle having a proximal grasping portion, a distal portion fixedly coupled to the fastener engaging member, and a longitudinal axis extending between proximal and distal ends thereof, the longitudinal axis of the stationary handle extending substantially parallel to and offset from the longitudinal axis of the fastener engaging member; a movable handle having a proximal grasping portion, a mid-portion that is pivotally coupled to the stationary handle, and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal grasping portion and the mid-portion; and a linkage having a proximal end pivotally coupled to a distal end of the movable handle and a distal end pivotally coupled to the reduction member such that pivotal movement of the movable handle relative to the stationary handle is effective to advance the linkage and thereby move the reduction member along the longitudinal axis of the fastener engaging member to reduce a spinal rod extending between the first and second jaws into a fastener engaged by the first and second jaws wherein the longitudinal axes of the stationary and movable handles extend substantially parallel to one another when the reduction member is in a distal-most position.