Patent ID: 11896252
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A hand-held tool comprising:
a shaft extending between a handle portion and a jaw portion;
wherein the handle portion is spaced apart from the jaw portion by a central portion, said central portion being flexible; said jaw portion comprising a pair of functional assemblies at a remote end of the tool movable relative to each other between fully clamped and fully opened positions;
wherein the handle portion comprises a first actuatable trigger operatively connected to the jaw portion by a pull member at least substantially disposed within the central portion, whereby actuation of the trigger is operative to move the pull member to thereby selectively position the pair of functional assemblies between the fully clamped and fully opened positions, said pull member comprising at least one cord operatively connecting the handle portion to the jaw portion, and that extends through a center of the central portion,
wherein the shaft comprises first and second tubular members, at least one being rotatable to selectively position one of the first and second tubular members.