ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,137, issued on Feb. 24.
"Intra vertebral distraction reducer" was invented by Wei Zhang (Beijing), Zhongyang Liu (Beijing), Jiantao Li (Beijing), Meng Li (Beijing), Rui Ma (Beijing) and Peifu Tang (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an intravertebral distraction reducer, relating to the field of medical instruments, and including a forceps body including a first forceps arm and a second forceps arm which are hinged. An outer sleeve fixedly connected to a working end of the first forceps arm is provided with an elongated slot into which a working end of the second forceps arm is inserted. An inner rod received in the o...