Patent ID: 8894648

Claim:
A surgical assembly comprising at least one surgical clamping device and a plurality of handles, the at least one clamping device comprising: two opposing clamping members; at least one recess disposed in the surgical clamping device and adapted to receive distal ends of the plurality of handles having bone attachment members disposed thereon, wherein the recess is defined between the two clamping member, and wherein the recess comprises one or more grooves disposed on one of the clamping members or on opposing faces of the clamping members; an adjusting mechanism adapted to adjust the recess between a first state in which at least one of the distal ends of the plurality of handles is pivotable within the recess, wherein the distal ends of the plurality of handles are supported by the one or more grooves of the clamping members in the first state such that the distal ends cannot be removed from the recess without widening a distance between the clamping members, and a second state in which the distal ends of the handles are axially and pivotably fixed within the recess; and wherein the distal end of each handle comprises a ball joint member adapted to pivot and to axially move within the recess in the first state, and adapted to be fixed within the recess in the second state.