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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments relate to a tensioning and crimping tool, the tensioning and crimping tool including a housing unit, a crimping section including a housing, a trigger-handle mounted to the housing, a crimping unit, including an inner crimping tube and an outer crimping tube, where the outer crimping tube is mounted around the inner crimping tube and configured to move in an axial direction relative to the inner crimping tube to crimp a crimp onto the cable, a tensioning section including the housing, a collet opener end, and a tensioning unit including a collet, a cone sheath, a tensioning rod, a tensioning nut rotatable on the tensioning rod, an inner spring configured to actuate the collet in a first direction, and an outer spring configured to actuate the tensioning rod in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.