Cannulated Medical Instrument Handle With a Removable Insert
AssigneeBradshaw Medical, Inc.
InventorJoe Post
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Abstract
A cannulated medical instrument handle apparatus comprised of a handle housing component with a hollow handle insert channel and a removable tubular insert that fits within the handle insert channel. Tubular insert has a hexagonal segment adapted to fit within a recessed hexagonal aperture within the handle insert channel, thereby connecting the handle housing component and tubular insert. Tubular insert also has a tubular shaft segment and a lumen running through its center.
Claims22
A surgical instrument handle apparatus for a cannulated medical instrument comprised of:
- a handle housing component, wherein said handle housing component has an exterior housing diameter Dhandext, a recessed hexagonal aperture, and a segmented handle insert channel;
- wherein said segmented handle insert channel has:
- a first interior segment, having a first segment diameter Dchanint, and
- a second receiving segment with diameter Drecint that is less than diameter Dchanint;
- wherein said apparatus further includes a removable tubular insert adapted for insertion into said segmented handle insert channel;
- wherein said removable tubular insert has:
- a hexagonal segment adapted to fit within said recessed hexagonal aperture, and
- a tubular shaft segment having an external diameter Dtubext;
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- wherein the outer diameter Dtubext corresponds to Drecint for insertion.
The apparatus of claim 17, wherein each of said interior rectangular panels has an eyelet shaped groove adapted to receive at least one ball bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.