Patent ID: 9526541
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical instrument comprising: an elongated rod having a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and a second plane; a plurality of diametrically opposed cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on both proximal and distal portions of the length of the rod along the longitudinal axis, the proximal and distal portions being on separate halves of the rod separated by a transverse plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the cutouts lack communication through the rod, and wherein the rod is flexible along the second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane, the second plane intersecting the cutouts; and one or more grooves each formed in and extending along at least one of the proximal and distal portions of the length of the rod.