US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Oct. 27 for "Ratchet thread mechanism for rod reducer" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,240, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Ratchet thread mechanism for rod reducer" was invented by Hayden Chun (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reduction instruments, systems, and associated methods thereof. The reduction instrument may include a housing with an internal collet positioned therein. The collet may include a compliant region defining partial split cuts, which split the body into multiple compliant members that can flex radially, and internal threads that are interrupted by the partial split cuts. A threaded reduction shaft subassembly is positioned through the collet and incl...