Patent ID: 7055656

Claim:
A cable curvature restraint apparatus, comprising: a first cable link having, at a first end, a first insertion and a first front end restrictor edge, and at a second end, a first receptor and a first back end restrictor edge; a second cable link having, at a first end, a second insertion and a second front end restrictor edge, configured to interface with the first receptor and the first back end restrictor edge to limit a range of angular travel between the first cable link and the second cable link; and an outer sheath located around an exterior surface of the first cable link and the second cable link; wherein the first cable link and the second cable link each have an outside surface indentation formed about a circumference and extending along a majority of a length of each of the first cable link and the second cable link, the outside surface indentation increasing in diameter approaching the first end and the second end from a minimum outside diameter located between the first end and the second end; and wherein the outside surface indentation of each of the first cable link and the second cable link is adapted to receive a portion of the outer sheath during angular travel between the first cable link and the second cable link.