Stryker European Holdings I LLC

Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC

Stryker European Operations Limited

Gheorghe Marton

Matthias Esser

Christian Knoepfle

Manfred Schmuck

Karl Greiner

Eva Beutel

Matthias Steffen

Daniel Gumpert

Disclosed is a surgical instrument for tightening a bone fixation member around bone. The instrument comprises a body with a gripping portion extending from the body and configured to be grasped by a hand, a clamp for clamping a bone fixation member and a clamp carrier connected to and movably guided relative to the body. The clamp is connected to and movably guided relative to the clamp carrier. The instrument further comprises an actuator connected to and movably guided relative to the body, and configured to be operated by a hand, wherein the actuator is configured to move the clamp carrier via the clamp.

Surgical instrument for tightening a bone fixation member around bone

Disclosed herein is an implant for bone fixation comprising an elongated member configured to be wound around bone parts that are to be fixed, an engagement member coupled to the elongated member and configured to engage a portion of the elongated member so as to secure the implant in a loop around the bone parts, and a fastening member arranged between and coupled to the elongated member and the engagement member. The fastening member comprises at least two separate pieces each comprising one opening for receiving a bone fastener, wherein the separate pieces are coupled to each other by a material having a lower material strength than a material from which the separate pieces are made.

Implant for bone fixation

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Freiburg, Germany

Gheorghe Marton