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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Songer, Northbrook, IL (US);
Matthew N Songer, Marquette, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606103 ; 606 74 ; 29282 ; 29751 ;
Abstract
A method for surgically securing body parts with a cable, typically making use of crimping pliers which comprises a pair of operating handles and connected, opposed jaws. The jaws define opposed recesses for carrying and crimping a tubular crimp member by manual pressure on the operating handles. A capstan is carried on one of the handles for winding a cable which passes through a tubular crimp member carried in the jaws. By this invention surgical cable may be looped around body parts in surgical operations, and the loop may be permanently secured at a predetermined desired tension.