Surgical slider instrument and method of using instrument

Details Surgical slider instrument and method of using instrument Surgical slider instrument and method of using instrument

1988-12-21

1990-09-11

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 61, A61F 200

Patent

active

049558854

ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument to aid in maneuvering a slideable member along a rod or other base member. The instrument has a distal tip which straddles the slideable member to provide for longitudinal movement of the slideable member in either longitudinal direction. The instrument also allows downward force to be applied to the slideable member. The instrument also may be used to assist in introducing the slideable member into an opening of another device.

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