Patent ID: 8585114
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A61B,B25J

Abstract:
1. A hand-held gripping device, comprising: a jaw portion comprising a pair of jaws movable relative to each other between fully clamped and fully opened positions thereof; a handle portion spaced apart from the jaw portion by a selectively extendible central portion, the handle portion comprising a first manually-actuatable trigger operatively connected to the jaw portion by a selectively extendible pull member at least substantially disposed within the central portion, whereby actuation of the trigger is operative to move the pull member to thereby selectively position the pair of jaws between the fully clamped and fully opened position thereof; said central portion comprising a hollow, corrugated member having alternating ridges and grooves, said corrugated member being bendable so as to attain a predetermined shape; said pull member comprising at least one cord operatively connecting the handle portion to the jaw portion, said at least one cord extending through and entirely encompassed by said central portion; and wherein the corrugated member has a first configuration whereby prior to actuation of the actuation trigger, the pair of jaws is in the fully opened position and the corrugated member is bent; a locking member operatively associated with said central portion, wherein two adjacent members of the central portion are operatively associated with each other in a slidingly telescoping relationship and said locking member is associated with at least one of said two adjacent members, said locking member comprising a selectively radially expandable mandrel radially expanded into engagement with the at least one of said two adjacent members to permit the length of the pull member to be varied.