Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Veronika Heger

Peter Fatone

Binh Vu

A cerclage system used to affix a bone includes a tension plate, a cable lock, and a cerclage cable configured to encircle the bone. The tension plate, which is engageable with the cerclage cable, is moveable between a natural shape and an insertion shape where the tension plate stores energy. The cable lock locks the cerclage cable about the bone in engagement with the tension plate. The tension plate is configured for positioning atop the bone while residing in the insertion shape. The tension plate, through an engagement thereof with the cerclage cable and upon attempted movement thereof from the insertion shape toward the natural shape, delivers the energy stored therein to the cerclage cable thereby tensioning the cerclage cable such that the cerclage system continuously compresses the bone.

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Eagleville, PA, United States of America

Veronika Heger