Patent ID: 9375550
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A pull wire actuator comprising the following: (a) a pull wire arm guide plate adapted to be mounted in a handle housing, wherein said pull wire arm guide plate comprises the following: (b) a drive wheel attached around said pull wire arm guide plate and pivotable relative to said pull wire arm guide plate, wherein said drive wheel comprises first and second thumb bosses for pivoting said drive wheel about a drive wheel axis of rotation; (c) a first pull wire arm slidably mounted in said first arm channel; (d) a first sliding pin carrier slidably disposed on said top surface of said pull wire arm guide plate, said first sliding pin carrier comprising a first pushing pin riding in said first arcuate pin groove; and (e) a first bendable pushing member slidably positioned in said first arcuate pin groove between said first pushing pin and a distal end of said first pull wire arm; wherein said first arcuate pin groove is radially offset from said drive wheel axis of rotation by a first radial distance, and wherein said first radial distance decreases moving from said first end toward said second end of said first arcuate pin groove.