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Abstract

A medical instrument for engaging a fragment of disk tissue located anterior to the spinal cord and between two vertebrae which comprises an elongated handle member having first and second ends, and a slender curved member extending from the second end of the handle, with the slender curved member terminating in a blunt tip, which blunt tip is employed for engaging the disk tissue fragment. Preferably, the slender curved member has a radius of curvature of about 0.24', a thickness dimension of about 0.1', and is oriented with respect to the handle member at an angle of about 82.5.degree.. It is further preferable that the blunt tip have a concavedly cylindrical surface with a radius of curvature of about 0.75', a width dimension in a plane parallel to its radius of curvature of about 0.38', and extend from the slender curved member by about 0.62 inches.

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