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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Matthias Esser, Freiburg, DE;
Daniel Gumpert, Denzlingen, DE;
Gheorghe Marton, Freiburg, DE;
Matthias Steffen, Merzhausen, DE;
Abstract
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.