ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,410, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to OrthoPediatrics Corp. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Rod reduction device" was invented by David Wayne Daniels (Winona Lake, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rod reduction device includes a body having a housing defining a cavity; a first member and a second member; a first finger assembly and a second finger assembly being secured to respective distal ends of the first member and the second member and configured to releasably engage a vertebral anchor therebetween; and a screw assembly defining a longitudinal axis, at least a portion of the screw assembly being positioned within the cavity of the housi...