Patent ID: 8425521
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: A61B,B23B,B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tensioning device for surgical elements comprising: a fixation device, designed for the torque-proof fixation of a surgical element mounted in a surgical element receiving opening therein which extends along a longitudinal axis; a clamping device, designed for the exertion of an essentially radial inward clamping force on the surgical element; a spring device, which works to exert spring force on the clamping device, whereby the spring force is essentially exerted in an axial direction; and a force deflecting device that interacts with the clamping device, which is designed to convert at least a part of the spring force exerted on the clamping device into at least part of the clamping force exerted on the surgical element, the force deflecting device having inner surfaces angled towards the surgical element receiving opening, wherein one of said angled inner surfaces is angled towards the longitudinal axis and another of said angled inner surface is angled away from the longitudinal axis, the angled inner surfaces of the force deflecting device engageable with the clamping device.