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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Ravi Nallakrishnan, Westmont, IL (US);
Ravi Nallakrishnan, Westmont, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A surgical tool has a handle from which a carriage is extendable and retractable responsive to the movement of handle leaf segments. Squeezing the leaf segments together extends the carriage from one end of the handle. A guide tube is attached to the carriage and a pair of opposed spring steel segments are positioned within the guide tube. One end of each spring steel segment is attached to the interior of the handle. The spring steel segments are biased to normally move away from each other when unrestrained. As the tube is extended from the handle it contacts the spring steel segments and forces them toward each other, thereby operating a tool formed at the tips of the spring steel segments. Different operating feels are imparted to the handle by varying the size and number of the leaf segments.