US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on July 14 for "Rod rocker reducer instruments and methods" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,204, issued on July 14, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Rod rocker reducer instruments and methods" was invented by Brandon MacAleese (Braintree, Mass.), Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.), Suken Shah (Wilmington, Del.) and Firoz Miyanji (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example rocker reducer instruments securely engage a receiver that is implanted in a vertebra of the spine and move a spinal fixation element, such as a rod, into a channel formed in the receiver. Example instruments pivot around their contact point with the receiver and a cross-pin or foot feature on the instrument mak...