Surgeon Design Center Llc.

James Michelinie

Andrew William Seykora

Rebecca Schaldach

Casey M Chambers

Medical devices are disclosed for compression of tissue and/or implants via a guide wire during provisional reduction in fracture fixation surgeries and other types of surgeries. Accordingly, an example device includes a housing with first and second apertures and a longitudinal axis. The device also includes a plate inside that itself includes a third aperture. The third aperture establishes a plane that is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis while the plate is under spring bias from a spring in the housing. The spring helps maintain the oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis to lock the medical device at a desired position along the wire while the wire concurrently extends through the first, second, and third apertures. Methods for manufacturing, providing, and using the medical device(s) are also disclosed.

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James Michelinie