Patent ID: 9333021
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61B,B60P

Claim Text:
1. An instrument for tensioning a cable, the instrument comprising: a body having a locking surface; a rotary tensioner rotatably mounted to the body and configured to have a cable wound thereabout; a ratchet assembly that permits turning of the rotary tensioner in a wind up direction and resists turning of the rotary tensioner in a pay out direction; a pair of gripping portions of the rotary tensioner that are rotatable relative to the body and reconfigurable with respect to one another with turning of the rotary tensioner in the wind up direction from a pass-through configuration that permits the cable to be drawn through the gripping portions to a gripping configuration that fixes the cable relative to the gripping portions for generating tension in the fixed cable; and a cam surface of the rotary tensioner configured to cammingly engage the body locking surface with turning of the rotary tensioner in the wind up direction to cause the pair of gripping portions to be reconfigured from the pass-through configuration to the gripping configuration.