Patent ID: 9089378
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A Kirschner wire clamp comprising: an axially extending tubular guide member having a first end for contacting a bone plate located on a bone and a second open end, the tubular guide member having a bore with an open slot extending continuously from the first end to the second end open to the bone extending parallel to the axis of the tubular guide member; a clamp formed as a single piece of material fixedly mounted on the tubular guide member intermediate the first and second ends, the clamp having a first clamp portion attached to an outer surface of the tubular guide and having a section coupled to a deflectable arm including an elongated opening in the arm for receiving a shaft of a Kirschner wire with a longitudinal direction of the elongated opening intersecting a shaft axis of the Kirschner wire, the arm having a relaxed position and a deflected position in which the arm elongate opening applies a force to the Kirschner wire shaft, the elongated opening having an open slot for receiving the shaft of the Kirschner wire by movement of the shaft through the slot in the tubular guide member along a plane containing the axis of the tubular member when the arm is in the deflected position, the first clamp portion fixed in the axial direction to the tubular guide member, the first clamp portion having first gripping ends, the deflectable arm having a second gripping end both extending on one side of the tubular guide member allowing a single-handed operation of the clamp, the tubular element second end located intermediate the first clamping element portion and the clamping element third portion whereby the slot in the elongated opening in the second portion is spaced from the tubular element second end when aligned with the first axis.