Flexible Screwdriver

Overview

In surgical procedures it is sometimes necessary to drive screws where direct access along the screw axis is obstructed by other instruments or by the patient’s anatomy. In these cases, flexible screwdrivers are used.

Tip and handle are connected by a super-flexible nitinol wire, while torque is transmitted through a hexagonal ball-and-socket mechanism. Separating flexibility from torque transmission is the key to the design — and the same principle applies to flexible drills.

Bluewater Medical has developed and successfully tested a novel solution that significantly improves upon the state of the art. Please contact us to learn more about its technical capabilities and the potential to customize the design for your application.

Key features

• Works without coils
• Can be dismantled and cleaned without tools
• Controllable driver tip — not floppy
• Same torque left and right, with direct feedback