Patent ID: 11944364
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A device to create compression across a bone fracture using a cable placed under tension, the device comprising:
one or more plates, the one or more plates including a first hole and a second hole;
each plate of the one or more plates the plate including an upper surface and a lower surface;

a first cable channel parallel to the first hole;
a second cable channel parallel to the second hole;
a cable passing through the first cable channel and the second cable channel;
the cable passing through the first hole and the second hole;
a first screw that threads into the first hole and a second screw that threads into the second hole;
the first screw including a first head;
the second screw including a second head;
the first screw, within the first hole, compressing the cable against the first cable channel to maintain a position of the cable with respect to the first cable channel;
the second screw, within the second hole, compressing the cable against second cable channel to maintain the position of the cable with respect to the second cable channel;

whereby a user places the cable within the first cable channel and the second cable channel, optionally tensions the cable, and locks the cable in position using the first screw.