Patent ID: 7037255

Claim:
A surgical instrument for addressing pelvic disorders comprising: a handle having a width, height and depth and a longitudinal axis along the handle height; and an elongate, slender, metal, curved rod emerging from the handle, the rod having a proximal end portion permanently fixed to the handle, a curved axis, and a distal end portion having a distal tip, the elongate curved rod having at least a portion with a radius and a length along the curved axis between the distal tip of the rod and a point on the rod axis where the rod emerges from the handle; and wherein: the handle has a major anterior surface having a width and height, the major anterior surface being situated in use to face a surgeon with the rod extending generally toward the surgeon, a major posterior surface having a width and height that includes an elongate, substantially oval-shaped depression having an axis that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle, at least two minor side surfaces having a depth and height, the width of the handle being in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the rod, the height of the handle is more than about forty percent of the length of the rod and less than about eighty percent of the length of the rod, and the depth of the handle is less than the height of the handle.