Patent ID: 8984720
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tensioning instrument for tensioning a cable, the tensioning instrument comprising: a pretensioner including a pretensioner actuator operable to be shifted for setting a selected level of tension for being applied to either an untensioned or tensioned cable; and a tensioner including a tensioner actuator different from the pretensioner actuator and being operable to be shifted between unlocked and locked positions to cause the tensioner to apply the selected level of tension set by the pretensioner and to apply a predetermined amount of tension to the cable irrespective of the selected level of tension set by the pretensioner so that shifting the tensioner actuator from the unlocked position to the locked position causes the tensioner to increase the tension in the cable to the sum of the selected level of tension and the predetermined amount of tension.