Patent ID: 6042585
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for manually adjusting the length of a surgical wire-like member extending from a surgical wire driver held by a user in one hand, comprising the steps of:providing a surgical wire driver having a cannulated drive shaft for receiving a surgical wire-like member;holding the surgical wire driver in one hand;placing a surgical wire-like member within the cannulated drive shaft of the surgical wire driver;providing a collet means for securing the wire-like member to the cannulated drive shaft, said collet means movable between an engage position and a release position;providing an actuating member for selectively moving said collet means between said release and engage position;moving the actuating member, by a portion of the same hand in which the wire driver is held, to the release position;permitting the wire-like member to move by its own weight relative to the driver until it reaches a selected position;moving the actuating member to place said collet means in said engage position.