Patent ID: 8025685

Claim:
A bone instrumentation cover capable of being installed over bone instrumentation which projects from the bone during bone repair or reconstruction surgical procedure on an animal comprising: a hollow cap sized for encapsulating a part of a bone instrumentation which has been installed in bone, the hollow cap adapted for placement in the body of the animal and for encapsulating a part of the bone instrumentation which projects from the bone, the hollow cap being adapted to provide a medically safe physical barrier between the part of the bone instrumentation and the surrounding bone and soft tissue, the hollow cap being adapted to separate the part of the bone instrumentation from substantially all of the surrounding soft tissue so that the hollow cap prevents ingrowth of substantially all of the surrounding soft tissue through the cap into the bone instrumentation which projects from the bone, the hollow cap having a fastener portion adapted for securing the cap to the bone instrumentation portion which projects from the bone, and wherein the fastener portion includes a cinch ring provided with openings therein, said cinch ring not being a part of said hollow cap, and said cinch ring being tubular in form having one or more draw strings for tightening the hollow cap circumferentially around the instrumentation during said bone repair or reconstruction surgical procedure, and a suture string for securing the hollow cap to one of adjacent bone and adjacent tissue.