Patent ID: 8888694
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical method of operating on a spinal column comprising: making a slit in a back of a patient proximate to the spinal column, such to divide a first muscle portion around the spinal column into a pair of separate side muscle portions; and detaching at least one of the separate side muscle portions from the spinal column, wherein detaching comprises force-fitted inserting an elongate gauze member into the slit and compressing the elongate gauze member between the spinal column and the at least one of the side muscle portion, such to controllably detach an additional separate muscle portion of the at least one of said side muscle portions from the spinal column, wherein force-fitted inserting comprises rotating the elongated gauze member around a longitudinal axis thereof with a surgical instrument, and moving the elongate gauze member in a direction diverging from the spinal column, wherein the surgical instrument comprises: