Patent ID: 8672954
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical implement for use in piercing a body portion with first and second bores having entry ends into the body portion precisely spaced from each other a predetermined distance, and exit ends from the body portion precisely spaced from each other a predetermined larger distance than that of the entry ends, comprising: a handle having a proximal end for manual grasping by a user, and a distal end; a shaft having a proximal end connected to said distal end of the handle, and a distal end defining a first jaw for engaging one side of the body portion to be pierced; and a second jaw moveable towards said first jaw for engaging the opposite side of the body portion to be pierced, and for clamping the body portion between the two jaws; wherein said handle and shaft are formed with a pair of channels extending from the proximal end of the handle through the distal end of the shaft; said pair of channels converging toward each other to a cross-over point, and then diverging away from each other where exiting at the distal end of the shaft; said pair of channels being dimensioned to enable a medical piercing instrument to be passed through either of said channels to pierce the body portion clamped between said jaws.