ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,745, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Rod reducing apparatus and associated methods" was invented by Milan George (Collegeville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus for reducing a rod into an orthopedic fixation device. An embodiment provides a rod-reducing apparatus. The rod-reducing apparatus may comprise a housing comprising a threaded through bore. The rod-reducing apparatus further may comprise a reduction shaft comprising a shaft portion and a through bore in the shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion may be configured to be received within...