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Tensioning instruments

  • US 10,314,635 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2015
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cable-tensioning instrument, comprising:

  • a body including a distal member having a distal tip with an opening for receiving a cable;

    a passageway extending along a longitudinal axis from the distal tip opening to a proximal end opening for receiving a cable to be tensioned therethrough;

    a rotatable drive shaft disposed within the instrument body;

    an actuator for rotating the drive shaft;

    a traveler member mounted to the drive shaft and configured to shift longitudinally therealong when the drive shaft is rotated by the actuator;

    a proximal member of the body movably connected to the distal member for being longitudinally shifted by the traveler member away from the distal member and distal tip thereof; and

    a locking mechanism configured to fix a cable thereto, the locking mechanism carried on the proximal member of the body and rotatable relative to the proximal member;

    wherein the traveler member urges the proximal member of the body and the locking mechanism carried thereon away from the distal tip to tension the cable fixed to the locking mechanism when the actuator is actuated.

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