Disposable bidirectional ratchet
AssigneeECA Medical Instruments
InventorsJohn Nino, David Ivinson
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Abstract
A disposable bidirectional ratchet, which has a tubular hollow handle with an interior surface having teeth thereon; a toggle mounted movably within the handle; a knob connected to an end of the toggle moves the toggle inside the handle; a plurality of pins on another end of the toggle; a plurality of actuators each comprising: fingers, levers, toes and a head, and having a post guide formed therein; a plurality of posts affixed to a clutch; and, wherein the actuators are movable affixed to the clutch via the posts, and the pin position selects the direction of engagement via adjustment of the actuator position via applying force to the levers, which moves the lateral edges of the actuator towards or away from the teeth.
Claims10
A disposable bidirectional ratchet designed to be disposed of after use and not sterilized, the bidirectional ratchet comprising:
- a handle comprising a tubular front body affixed to a tubular back body;
- the tubular front body comprising an interior wall, said interior wall comprising teeth extending periodically from the interior wall;
- a toggle within the handle, said toggle comprising a hollow elongated member;
- a knob that moves the toggle;
- a plurality of pins with longitudinal axes parallel to a longitudinal axis of said handle on an end of the toggle;
- a plurality of actuators, each actuator comprising:
- fingers, levers, toes, a head, and a post guide formed in the actuator;
- a plurality of posts affixed to a clutch;
- and,
- wherein the actuators are movably affixed to the clutch via the posts, and the pin position selects the direction of engagement via adjustment of the actuator position via applying force to at least one of the levers of each actuator, which moves each of the fingers of each actuator towards or away from each of the teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.