Patent ID: 7942253

Claim:
A novel handle device comprising: a handle body defining a vertical axis core and a spatially connected cross member shaft, said handle body having a T-handle body configuration and defining a central passage along a vertical axis of said handle device through said T-handle body and through a torque transmission operating shaft, said central passage being sized so as to permit selective passage of instruments or materials through said handle device, a ratcheting mechanism having opposing pawls, each pawl having engaging teeth and camming surfaces, said ratcheting mechanism being contained within said T-handle body and operationally connected to the exterior of a first and a second lateral surface end of said handle body by a respective first and second actuator assembly, said respective first and second actuator assemblies being connected to each other by a push button attachment member and being slidably disposed within said cross member shaft on opposing sides of said vertical axis core, said first and second actuator assemblies each being connected at one end to said ratcheting mechanism and at a second end to a respective first control button or a second control button located at least partially external to said respective first lateral surface end and second lateral surface end of said T-handle body, wherein any inward motion of one of said first or second actuator assemblies causes an outward motion of the other of said first or second actuator assemblies, said operating shaft being rotationally contained with said vertical axis core and comprising a ratchet gear, said ratchet gear having engaging teeth of complementary configuration to said engaging teeth of said opposing pawls and being circumferentially connected around a portion of said operating shaft, wherein manual selection of said first or second control buttons can by movement of said push button attachment member effect slidable movement of said first actuator or second actuator assembly within said cross member shaft so as to force mutually exclusive mechanical engagement of one of said opposing pawls of said ratcheting mechanism with said ratchet gear on a respective first or a second side of said operating shaft, said mechanical engagement being capable of selectively transferring torque applied to said T-handle body to said operating shaft of said device to effect a clockwise or counter-clockwise rotational force transfer mode of said device.