US 12,324,610 B2
Lever reducer
Gregory Martin, Carlsbad, CA (US); Jason Blain, Encinitas, CA (US); Taylor Semingson, San Diego, CA (US); and Peter Bono, Bingham Farms, MI (US)
Assigned to Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Spinal Elements, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/723,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,931, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346845 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7077 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lever reducer system comprising:
a first tower comprising a longitudinal axis;
a second tower; and
a lever reducer configured to couple to the first tower and the second tower, wherein the lever reducer comprises a handle, wherein the lever reducer comprises a fulcrum configured to be coupled to the first tower by lowering the fulcrum at least partially into the first tower along the longitudinal axis, wherein the lever reducer comprises a swivel configured to be coupled to the second tower, wherein the handle is on a first side of the fulcrum and the swivel is on a second side of the fulcrum, wherein the lever reducer is configured to pivot the lever reducer about the fulcrum to vertically lift the second tower while the first tower remains stationary when a force is applied to the handle, wherein the swivel comprises a pin that defines a hinge, wherein the hinge and the fulcrum are separated by a distance that is maintained as the second tower lifts such that the motion of the second tower is mostly vertical.