US 12,251,141 B2
Vertebral body manipulation device and methods
Dan Stoianovici, Reistertown, MD (US); and Jean-Paul Wolinsky, Towson, MD (US)
Assigned to The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,300.
Application 17/843,300 is a continuation of application No. 16/659,060, granted, now 11,382,672, previously published as PCT/US2018/028491, filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/488,347, filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313324 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7079 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertebral manipulation instrument, comprising:
at least one module including a first base unit, a second base unit, a threaded pole, a smooth pole, and a scissors mechanism;
the first base unit having an upper end connected to the threaded pole and a lower end configured to mate with a first vertebral anchor;
the second base unit having an upper end connected to the smooth pole and a lower end configured to mate with a second vertebral anchor; and
the scissors mechanism connecting the first base unit to the second base unit and the threaded pole to the smooth pole,
wherein the scissors mechanism connects to the threaded pole via a revolute joint.