Patent ID: 6287307
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A clamping assembly for clamping together first and second sections of a relatively flat bone cut along a line generally transverse to the two sections comprising:first and second plates;means for securing the first plate to a first bone section on one side of said line and means for securing the second plate to a second bone section opposite to said first plate on the other side of said cut line;said first and second plates being set back from said cut line and generally aligned opposite each other;each one of said first and second plates having a relatively flat top portion, said flat top portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a groove formed between the top and the bottom surfaces for enabling a wire to be passed through the groove, the bottom surface of each plate for disposition on the top surface of its corresponding bone section; each plate having a front section and a rear section, the front section of each plate for facing said cut line and the front section of the other plate;a wire; andmeans for positioning the wire within at least a portion of said groove and for winding the wire between the first and second plates for pulling the two plates toward each other and simultaneously compressing the two bone sections together without the wire touching the bone surface underneath the plate and without the wire extending above the top surface of the plates.