Patent ID: 9113975
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A band tensioning device comprising: a main body having proximal and distal ends, a top side and a bottom side, the top side being spaced from the bottom side in a vertical direction; a handle depending downwardly from the bottom side of the main body at the proximal end of the main body and immovably affixed thereto; a trigger depending downwardly from the bottom side of the main body at the proximal end of the main body distal to the handle and movably affixed to the main body; a carrier movably coupled to the main body such that it moves proximally and distally in a longitudinal direction along the main body, the carrier being linked to the trigger such that when the trigger is moved proximally toward the handle, the carrier is pulled proximally along the main body by the trigger, the carrier having a vertically extending surface accessible by a smooth band inserted from the top side of the main body; a dog pivotably mounted to the carrier, the dog having a toothed engagement surface configured to pinch the band between itself and the vertically extending surface of the carrier; the dog configured to pivot between a closed position against the band or the vertically extending surface and an open position away from the vertically extending surface; and a spring spanning between the carrier and the dog to bias the dog towards the closed position, wherein the distal end of the main body includes a vertically extending slot accessible by the band inserted from the top side of the main body such that a distal end of the band may be placed into the slot and between the dog and vertically extending surface of the carrier from the top side of the main body to tension the band.