Patent ID: 7250054
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical method for reusing a surgical cable clamp with an orthopedic surgical cable for installation with respect to a patient's body, comprising: providing an orthopedic surgical cable and a surgical cable clamp, the surgical cable clamp comprising a clamping body, a clamping mechanism, and a force application member; orienting the surgical cable clamp relative to a bone in a patient's body; securing a first portion of the orthopedic surgical cable relative to the clamping body; capturing a second portion of the orthopedic surgical cable between the clamping mechanism and the clamping body, wherein the orthopedic surgical cable is wrapped around a portion of the patient's body; connecting the force application member to the clamping body and the clamping mechanism; gripping the second portion of the orthopedic surgical cable between the clamping body and clamping mechanism by rotating the force application member in a first direction so that the gripping is subject to gradual control by rotation of the force application member, thus creating a first tension in the orthopedic surgical cable; releasing the first tension in the orthopedic surgical cable by rotating the force application member in an opposing direction to the first direction so that the orthopedic surgical cable can be repositioned between the clamping mechanism and the clamping body; and gripping the second portion of the orthopedic surgical cable between the clamping body and clamping mechanism by rotating the force application member in the first direction so that consequent gripping is subject to gradual control by rotation of the force application member, thus creating a second tension in the orthopedic surgical cable.