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Abstract

A surgical implement for use in a surgical procedure involving the manipulation of a wire or like article in a body cavity. The surgical implement includes: an elongated stem; a handle carried at the proximal end of the elongated stem; a socket in the form of a removable insert, carried at the distal end of the elongated stem and configured for insertion into a body cavity during the surgical procedure and for receiving the wire or like article; an actuator carried by the elongated stem and movable from a normal position closing the socket at the distal end of the elongated stem, to an actuated position opening the socket; a finger-piece carried by the actuator adjacent the handle so as to be conveniently engageable by a user, while gripping the handle, to move the actuator from its normal position closing the socket, to its actuated position opening the socket; and a spring urging the actuator to its normal position closing the socket. The described preferred embodiment is one wherein the surgical procedure is a knee reconstruction procedure, and the socket is configured to enter through a lateral-medial portal of the knee into the intercondylar notch of the femur bone for forming the femoral tunnel therein.

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First Claim