Patent ID: 7867265
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A bone clamp comprising: a first branch having a first end and a second end; a second branch having a first end and a second end; and a bridge lying in a first plane and operably connecting the first and second branches at the seconds ends thereof, the bridge biasing the bone clamp toward an unstressed state in which the first ends of the first and second branches are separated from one another by a first distance, the bridge being structured so that, when temporarily deformed through the application of a force directed substantially along a first line connecting the first and second branches, the first and second branches are moved to a first stressed state in which they are separated by a second distance, and, when temporarily deformed through the application of a force directed substantially along a second line perpendicular to the first line, the first and second branches are angularly moved to a second stressed state in which they are separated by a third distance, the bias of the bridge returning the bone clamp toward the unstressed state when the applied force is removed therefrom.