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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Lorenz Gabele, Sauldorf, DE;
Inventor:
Lorenz Gabele, Sauldorf, DE;
Assignee:
Karl-Leibinger Medizintechnik, Muehlheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engagement mechanism for a sternal clamp, the mechanism allowing for an open status where the clamp may be lengthened or shortened, a closing status where the clamp may only be shortened, and a locked status where the clamp cannot be lengthened or shortened, and wherein the device can be disposed in the locked status in differing overall lengths. The sternal clamp having a pair of rib plate members for affixation to the ribs.