Patent ID: 9011450
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising: a rod holder having a pair of opposing yieldable tines configured to releasably grip a rod therebetween; a sleeve disposed about the rod holder and slideable between an extended position wherein the sleeve is positioned about the tines so as to hold the tines in a rod gripping position when the rod is positioned between the tines, and a retracted position wherein the sleeve is positioned such that the tines are outwardly moveable to permit release of the rod from the tines; and a pusher rod slidably disposed within the rod holder, the pusher rod having a distal end with a plurality of rod receiving notches configured to engage at least a portion of one end of the rod in such a way that when the rod is gripped by the tines of the rod holder with the sleeve in the extended position and the distal end of the pusher rod is in engagement with the end of the rod, the rod is held at a selected angle with respect to the pusher rod.