Patent ID: 8728082

Claim:
A device to maintain temporary engagement with a bone plate and a bone, the device comprising: a first biased appendage positioned opposite a second biased appendage, the first and second biased appendages including an arcuate vertical profile that partially defines an interior region that is adapted to partially surround the bone; a platform concurrently coupled to the first and second biased appendages, the platform also partially defining the interior region, the platform including a through hole open to the interior region from a top surface of the platform; and, a first tab extending into the interior region from at least one of the first biased appendage, the second biased appendage, and the platform, the first tab having a first inclined surface that is adapted to engage a bone plate and a second surface that is substantially parallel to the top surface of the platform and adapted to engage a portion of the bone as the bone is partially surrounded by the first and second biased appendages.