US 12,262,929 B2
Reduction instruments and methods
Michael Brotman, San Diego, CA (US); and Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,009.
Application 18/318,009 is a continuation of application No. 16/922,208, filed on Jul. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,690,657.
Application 16/922,208 is a continuation of application No. 16/132,133, filed on Sep. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,743,921, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/132,133 is a continuation of application No. 15/183,762, filed on Jun. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,123,829, issued on Nov. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/175,624, filed on Jun. 15, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277227 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8019 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/7079 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a bone plate configured to couple to a spine in a patient, wherein the bone plate comprises an attachment aperture and a bone screw hole extending therethrough; and
a spinal reduction device configured to couple to the bone plate, wherein the spinal reduction device comprises:
a base having an upper surface, a bottom bone plate-facing surface, a first side, a second side, a first end, and a second end;
a vertical post coupled to the base and extending upward from the upper surface of the base;
a translation nut configured to threadably engage the vertical post;
a bone plate attachment element coupled to the bottom bone plate-facing surface of the base and configured to threadably engage the attachment aperture of the bone plate; and
a guide extending upwards from the base, wherein the guide comprises a guide passage therein extending along a longitudinal axis of the guide.