Patent ID: 7867262

Claim:
A Surgical fixing device for the fixing together of two adjacent bone parts, comprising: a first engaging element for engaging an underside of the two bone parts; a second engaging element for engaging an upper side of the two bone parts; a tensioning device adapted to connect the two engaging elements to each other through an interspace between the bone parts and to permanently fix the two engaging elements with respect to each other in a tensioned manner when the first and second engaging elements respectively engage the underside and the upper side of the bone parts; and at least one elastic tensioning element adapted to displace a supporting surface of the elastic tensioning element applied to the upper side of the bone parts toward the first engaging element for tensioning the first engaging element to the underside of one of the two bone parts, the supporting surface and the first engaging element are moveable away from each other against the force of the elastic tensioning element, wherein the supporting surface is disposed between the two engaging elements before the fixing device is applied to the bone parts, and wherein the elastic tensioning element is releasably connected to the fixing device.