Patent ID: 6077268
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical cable assembly comprising:a first crimp having a crimpable portion with an aperture therein;a second crimp having a crimpable portion with an aperture therein; anda surgical cable having an end portion received and crimped in the aperture of the first crimp;the crimps having bearing means disposed between the first crimp and the second crimp enabling change of attitude of the second crimp relative to the first crimp; andeach of the crimps having a barrel portion formed with the bearing means, the barrel portion projecting away from the bearing means to a distal end of the barrel portion,the bearing means including a pair of crimp capturing portions, each for a respective one of the first and second crimps, each of the crimp capturing portions engaging a respective one of the crimps remote from the barrel portion of the crimp;at least one of the crimps having first and second opposite ends, with its load bearing surface at the first end and the barrel distal end at the second end.