Surgical device for manipulating wire

Details Surgical device for manipulating wire Surgical device for manipulating wire

1994-02-17

1996-03-26

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606148, 140119, A61B 1788, A61B 1756

Patent

active

055016880

ABSTRACT:
A single surgical instrument to both pass a wire under a bone and twist the ends of the wire together is comprised of a hooked member mounted to a handle assembly. The hooked member has a notch to feed a wire as the hooked member is pulled about the bone. The handle assembly incorporates a crank comprised of two handles rotatably mounted to a grip to thereafter quickly and tightly twist the wires about the bone with the same instrument.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1120575 (1914-12-01), Wertz
patent: 1365649 (1921-01-01), Bates
patent: 4587963 (1986-05-01), Leibinger et al.
Zimmer 1983 Catalog Supplement p. B18.
Murray-Baumgartner Surgical Instrument Co. Catalog Dec. 26, 1934 p. 90.
Ohio Chemical advertisement in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery vol. 45-A #7, Oct. 1963, p. 70.
Photograph of a Zimmer, Luque passing apparatus (date unknown).
Photograph of a Zimmer, Luque twisting apparatus (date unknown).

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