Patent ID: 8328824
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical device for grasping objects during a surgical procedure comprising: a hollow, substantially rigid shaft extending from a housing, the shaft having a proximal end and a pointed, tissue-penetrating distal end, a curved asymmetric distal portion adjacent and proximal to the distal end, and a lumen extending from said proximal end to said distal end; a solid rod, having a proximal end and a distal end, said rod being positioned in said lumen in reciprocally sliding relationship therewith; first and second wire members each having a distal end and a proximal end, said first and second wire members being attached at their respective proximal ends to said distal end of said rod so as to extend distally therefrom, said first wire member defining a hook-shaped configuration adjacent to its distal end, and said distal end of first and second wire members being spring biased away from one another; and an activation element including a housing attached to said proximal end of said shaft, and a trigger pivotally attached to said housing, such that pivotal movement of said trigger is effective to move said rod and said wire members between a first position wherein said distal ends of said wire members are contained within said shaft, and a second position wherein said distal ends of said wire members extend outwardly from said pointed, tissue-penetrating distal end of said shaft in flared relationship to one another.