Patent ID: 9707376
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,B25B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A torque-transmitting, locking instrument holder, comprising: a hollow body having: a proximal end and a distal end, wherein a trajectory beginning at the proximal end and ending at the distal end defines a proximal-to-distal direction; the proximal end being open to have an instrument inserted into the proximal end in the proximal-to-distal direction and to have the instrument extend through the proximal end in the proximal-to-distal direction; the distal end being open to permit protrusion of the instrument out from the distal end; a handle to be gripped by an operator; and a device operable to lock said handle to and unlock said handle from the instrument, the device including an actuator at least partly disposed within said hollow body to be activated by the operator, said device including a clamping plate disposed within said actuator; said clamping plate including a plurality of partial-plates, said device operable to be moved radially inward against the instrument and radially outward away from the instrument by activation of the actuator.