Patent ID: 8114135
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a surgical cable having a first end portion and a second end portion; a coupling member coupled to the first end portion of the surgical cable, the coupling member defining an opening therethrough; an adjustment mechanism including a housing and a threaded elongate member, the housing defining a first opening and a second opening, a portion of a side wall of the housing defining a threaded portion within the second opening; the elongate member having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion, the first end portion of the elongate member coupled to the second end portion of the surgical cable; wherein the apparatus is configured to assume first and second states; wherein, in the first state, the first end portion of the elongate member is disposed outside the housing and the second end portion of the elongate member is disposed within the housing; wherein, in the second state, both the first and second end portions of the elongate member are disposed outside the housing; wherein in both first and second states, the elongate member is engaged with the threaded portion of the second opening.