Patent ID: 7927098

Claim:
A device for anchoring a first surgical traction element in the mouth region, comprising: a fixing device, which can be fixed in or to a bone; and a clamping device, coupled to the fixing device, with at least one locating region for the first surgical traction element and with an oblique first surface which is rotatable relative to the locating region or configured to co-operate with a rotary element for producing a clamping force which fixes the first surgical traction element upon a relative rotation of less than 90° taking place between the oblique first surface and one of the locating region and the rotary element, wherein the oblique first surface is formed in a region of a front face of a structure defined about an axis and which is one of substantially annular, cylindrical and hollow cylindrical, and wherein the oblique first surface extends in a circumferential direction of the structure about the axis over at most approximately 360° and comprises a slope that extends in the circumferential direction.