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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Hua Gao, Milwaukee, WI (US);
James A. Rinner, Racine, WI (US);
Hua Gao, Milwaukee, WI (US);
James A. Rinner, Racine, WI (US);
Pilling Weck Incorporated, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
An instrument for applying a tie () to two items (), and a method of making same. The instrument is arranged for pulling separated bones or other items together and securing them together by twisting a tie onto them. The instrument can be made of plastic and it need not include any threaded parts. It can have two handles () with a tie gripper () and a tie guide () on respective ones of the handles which can be squeezed together for pulling on a tie to draw separated items together. The handles rotate together, and there can be a crank () for effecting the rotation and thereby twist the tie onto the items.