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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Microaire Surgical Instruments Llc, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Scott Russo, Charlottesville, VA (US);
John H. Pascaloff, Keswick, VA (US);
Robert W. McKemie, Rhoadsville, VA (US);
Assignee:
MicroAire Surgical Instruments LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/162 (2013.01); A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); A61B 17/8861 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld surgical device includes a gripping mechanism for gripping pins or wires with a range of different sizes. The gripping mechanism includes a plurality of gripping blocks, the plurality of gripping blocks interacting to form a variable size channel. A sliding compression control element applies a compressive force to each gripping block and thereby grip a wire or pin within a range of sizes in the center of a pin/wire receiving channel.