Patent ID: 9125707
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A hand tool comprising: a shaft; a handle disposed at a proximal end of the shaft, the proximal end of the shaft including an opening in which to pass a wire inserted by a user operating the hand tool through the shaft; and a tubular tip disposed on a hinge at a distal end of the shaft, the tubular tip receiving the wire passing through the shaft, an angular orientation of the tubular tip adjustable on the hinge to steer the wire to a medical site; a slidable link extending between the handle and the tubular tip, squeezing of the handle causing the slidable link to move axially along the shaft to control the angular orientation of the tubular tip with respect to an axis of the shaft; wherein the medical site is a hole in a bone; wherein an end of the wire disposed at the proximal and of the shaft is pushed into the hole by the user; and wherein the tubular tip includes a lug channel in which to receive a lug disposed on a distal end of the slidable link, a length of the lug being curved, the length of the lug sliding within the lug channel to adjust the angular orientation of the tubular tip with respect to the shaft.