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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Leo A. Whiteside, St. Louis County, MO (US);
Whiteside Biomechanics, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A surgical cable system is provided which includes a surgical cable and a passer for passing the cable around a bone to which the cable is to be secured. The cable includes a main cable having a lead cable attached to one end of the main cable and a fastener preattached to the first end of the main cable. The lead cable has an enlargement (a bead) affixed to its free end. The passer includes a curved probe and a recess or cavity is provided in the probe near its tip and a slot extends from the cavity to the tip of the probe. The cavity is sized to accept the enlargement of the lead cable and the slot is sized to receive the lead cable so that as the probe is withdrawn (pulled) from under the bone, the lead cable and the main cable are pulled under the bone so as to minimize the space required to pass the cable. The lead cable and a portion of the main cable may then be inserted in the fastener. The cable is then tensioned to a desired level and the fastener is crimped so as to secure the cable around the bone with the desired level of tension.