US 12,029,464 B2
Pencil-grip wire driver operated with distally located actuator
John K. Sieh, Safety Harbor, FL (US); and James McGarvey, Saint Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/046,002
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/026312
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/199666, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,618, filed on Apr. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0030456 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8861 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire driver, comprising:
a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing comprising a handpiece extending from the proximal end to a gripping portion, wherein the gripping portion extends to the distal end;
a channel extending through the gripping portion;
a gripping mechanism connected to the channel;
a first actuator connected to the distal end of the housing and the gripping mechanism;
wherein the first actuator is movable between a relaxed position and a compressed position; and
a spring assembly within the gripping portion, the spring assembly connected to the gripping mechanism, wherein when the first actuator is in the compressed position, the spring assembly is compressed and the gripping mechanism is in an open position.