Patent ID: 11871912
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An attachment apparatus to an arthroscopic tool, comprising:
at one axial distal end of the attachment, a pushrod end collar of tubular cross-section engageable to an external element capable of imparting force to said pushrod end collar and rigidly attached to the other axial distal end of the pushrod end collar, are at least two pairs of pushrods;
wherein each pair of said pushrods are tangentially situated at opposite ends of the pushrod end collar and extends away from the pushrod end collar into channels or grooves of a pushrod guide sleeve with tubular cross-section;
wherein one distal end of the pushrod guide sleeve is at least a pair of cutouts for a plurality of lifting tabs placed at opposite ends of the curved outer surface of said pushrod guide sleeve;
said cutouts are axially located near the end of said pushrod guide sleeve furthest from said pushrod end collar;
wherein each of said lifting tabs is attached to a pushrod on the end that is opposite from the pushrod end collar;
wherein said channels along the bore surface of the pushrod guide sleeve kinematically guide the pushrods such that the lifting tabs project radially outward from the axis and curved outer surface of the pushrod guide sleeve when deployed.