US 12,226,135 B1
Surgical guide wire engagement device
Casey M. Chambers, Boise, ID (US); Rebecca Schaldach, Portland, OR (US); James Michelinie, Portland, OR (US); and Andrew William Seykora, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Surgeon Design Center LLC., Portland, OR (US)
Filed by AXIA ORTHOPEDICS, INC., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/440,809.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/844 (2013.01) [A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/8897 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a housing with an elongated body, the housing defining a longitudinal axis, the housing comprising a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion comprising a first aperture, the second end portion comprising a second aperture, the first aperture having a first height and first width establishing a first plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the second aperture having a second height and a second width establishing a second plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first and second planes being parallel to each other;
a plate disposed within the housing, the plate comprising a third aperture, the third aperture having a third height and a third width establishing a third plane, the third plane being oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis while the plate is under spring bias from a first spring in the housing, the first, second, and third apertures being at least partially aligned for a surgical guide wire to concurrently extend through the first, second, and third apertures while the plate is under spring bias from the first spring, the spring bias being toward the first end portion, the first spring configured in the housing to impose the spring bias on the plate at a first area of the plate to help maintain the oblique angle of the third plane with respect to the longitudinal axis and to impede withdrawal of the surgical guide wire from the third aperture toward the first aperture while the surgical guide wire extends through the third aperture, a second area of the plate being configured within the housing to rest against a fulcrum within the housing, the plate configured within the housing to rotate about the fulcrum during advancement of the surgical guide wire through the third aperture from a direction of the first end portion and toward the second end portion; and
a release mechanism coupled to the housing, the release mechanism being manipulable to move the plate about the fulcrum to counteract the spring bias and permit withdrawal of the surgical guide wire from the third aperture toward the first aperture;
wherein the first end portion comprises first and second telescoping members that slide with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis, the first telescoping member being more distal relative to the plate than the second telescoping member, the first telescoping member configured to slide toward the plate to compress a second spring on the housing that exerts force on the first telescoping member to push the first telescoping member away from the second telescoping member, the first telescoping member being coupled to the second telescoping member via a ring or rib on the second telescoping member such that the first telescoping member snaps over the ring or rib to couple the first telescoping member to the second telescoping member.