Side-Loading Torque Device
First Claim
1. A surgical instrument for grasping and controlling a guide wire, comprisinga male member having a longitudinal slit in communication with an inner hollow bore;
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Abstract
A surgical instrument for grasping and controlling a guide wire includes a male member having a longitudinal slit in communication with an inner hollow bore and a female member having a longitudinal slit in communication with an inner chamber. The male member is rotatably engageable within at least a portion of the female member. A method of threading a guide wire into a surgical instrument includes engaging a male member within a female member, rotating the male member relative to the female member until a longitudinal slit of the male member is aligned with a longitudinal slit of the female member; inserting a guide wire through the slits and into an interior of the male member and female member; and rotating the male member relative to the female member until the slits of the male member and female member are not aligned, trapping the guide wire within the surgical instrument.
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13 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument for grasping and controlling a guide wire, comprising
a male member having a longitudinal slit in communication with an inner hollow bore; - and
a female member having a longitudinal slit in communication with an inner chamber of the female member, wherein the male member is rotatably engageable within at least a portion of the female member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of threading a guide wire into a surgical instrument comprising:
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engaging a male member within a female member, wherein the male member comprises a longitudinal slit and wherein the female member comprises a longitudinal slit; rotating the male member counterclockwise relative to the female member until the longitudinal slit of the male member is substantially aligned with the longitudinal slit of the female member; inserting a guide wire through the substantially aligned longitudinal slits and into an interior of the male member and female member; and rotating the male member clockwise relative to the female member until the longitudinal slits of the male member and female member are not substantially aligned, thereby trapping the guide wire within the surgical instrument. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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