Patent ID: 8597303

Claim:
A medical device, the device comprising: an elongated body; a slide assembly slideably attached to the elongated body; an articulator rotatably attached to the elongated body such that an axis of rotation of the articulator is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, wherein the articulator is in communication with the slide assembly; an articulator drum that is rotatably connected to and in direct contact with the slide assembly, the articulator drum having a first thread and a second thread, the articulator articulates the articulator drum; a first wire and a second wire having distal ends, wherein the first wire and the second wire are attached to the articulator; a tool formed by the distal ends of the first and second wires, wherein the articulator is configured to articulate the tool from side to side in a plane outside a longitudinal plane and along a transverse axis, the tool articulates relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body; a first wire pivot having a first wire pivot thread and a second wire pivot having a second wire pivot thread, wherein the first wire pivot and the second wire pivot are threadily attached to the articulator drum and the first wire pivot is fixedly attached to the first wire, and the second wire pivot is fixedly attached to the second wire; wherein the slide assembly is configured to extend and retract the first and second wires, wherein the first wire pivot is positioned proximal to the second wire pivot, and wherein the first wire pivot thread is engaged with the first thread on the articulator drum and the second wire pivot thread is engaged with the second thread on the articulator drum.