Surgical hammer for driving K-wires

A surgical tool for driving a wire into bone or bone fragments comprising a housing having an internal surface, a first barrel member having an internal passageway and having a first end and a second end;

• means at the internal surface of said housing to engage and retain said first barrel member and permitting rotation of said first barrel member within said housing, a tip-end member including means to secure said tip-end member to said second end of said first barrel member, said tip-end member further including means to receive a collet within said tip-end member, said collet having an internal passageway, a second barrel member secured to said first end of said first barrel member, said second barrel member having an internal passageway, a slap hammer member slideably positioned on the exterior surface of said second barrel member, said surgical tool being designed and constructed to receive a wire whereby said wire can extend through said tip-end member, into and through the passageway of said first barrel member, and into and through said second barrel member, permitting the driving of a wire forward while simultaneously rotating the wire.