J.m. Longyear Manufacturing LLC

Robert Kinney

Matthew N Songer

Francis J Korhonen

Jason Sandstrom

Jeffrey Vlahos

Branden Wainio

Jeffrey Mosteller

Wesley Leland Hanna

Various forms of a cable fixation device, instrumentation, kit, and methods useful for repairing the skeletal system are introduced. The system utilizes a clamp housing fixing a head end of a surgical cable therein. In an operative configuration the cable is looped around a damaged bone segment and reentered through a lock aperture in the clamp housing then through a multi-part collet and lock cap residing within a lock aperture. The cable loop and each aforementioned component comprise a central axis aligned within a single plane. A sliding interface situated between the lock cap and collet prevent twisting of the surgical cable. The locking mechanism is non-destructive to the cable despite repeated unlocking and relocking of the fixation device. The axis for tensioning of the cable is coincident with the locking axis. A cerclage inserter instrument is disclosed.

Cable fixation device, instruments, and methods

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Marquette, MI, United States of America

Robert Kinney