Patent ID: 9522026
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical cable system comprising: a length of cable having a first end; and a locking body for the length of cable in which the first cable end is operatively located, the locking body defining a receiver for a first portion of the length of cable with the length of cable formed into a first loop that resides generally in a first plane; and a locking structure on the locking body that cooperates with the first portion of the cable so as to maintain the first loop in a tensioned state, the locking structure having a locked state and a released state, the locking structure comprising an actuator that is operable to change the locking structure selectively from the released state into the locked state to thereby maintain the tensioned state of the first loop, the locking structure changeable from the released state into the locked state as an incident of one of: a) moving at least a part of the actuator at least one of along and around an axis that is generally parallel to the first plane; and b); moving a part of the cable length along a first line that is generally parallel to the first plane, wherein the locking structure comprises a wedging component that is separate from the locking body and configured to be moved by the actuator relative to the locking body to change the locking structure from the released state into the locked state, wherein the wedging component is configured to urge a discrete length of the cable, that extends generally parallel to the axis, in a manner that the discrete length of the cable resides captively between the wedging component and a surface on the locking body with the locking structure in the locked state, wherein the actuator acts directly against each of the wedging component and the locking body.