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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Cable Fix Llc, Hernando, MS (US);
Mark Brinker, Houston, TX (US);
William Ricci, Richmond Heights, MO (US);
Carey Bryant, Hernando, MS (US);
CABLE FIX LLC, Hernando, MS (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for anchoring cable to bone includes an anchor configured to be anchored in a bone and a cable fixed to the anchor. The cable is configured to be tensioned to a measurable and adjustable tension to cause a measurable and adjustable compression of the bone by the cable. The apparatus may include a cable housing having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a passage. The distal portion is detachably and co-rotatably engageable with the anchor and the passage is open to and extends from a distal end of the distal portion. The apparatus also includes a cable having a fixed-end portion and a free-end portion. The fixed-end portion of the cable is fixed to the anchor and the free-end portion of the cable is non-fixedly positionable in the passage of the cable housing.