Patent ID: 8715297

Claim:
A surgical tensioning device for holding separated tissues in contact with one another, the device comprising: a frame, said frame having two opposing first and second sides, said first side comprising a rigid first member, a lower surface, and an upper surface; a band for extending through and around said separated tissues to be held together in conjunction with said frame, said band having a first end that is releasably securable to the first side of said frame at said first member, and a second end that is releasably securable to the second side of said frame, wherein, when the first end is secured to said first side after routing the first end through and around said tissues and the second end is secured to said second side of said frame, said band holds said separated tissues together and establishes a path of tension along its length that extends linearly between the two ends of the band; and a bar moveably attached parallel to the second side of said frame via a bar attachment, said bar and attachment being adapted to hold said tension by pinching said second band end between said bar and second frame side; wherein said bar is attached inside the frame at the second side via said bar attachment, the bar attachment being configured to mechanically constrain movement of said bar into the inside of said frame and away from said upper surface about the second side of frame and comprising a cam surface disposed within said frame for guiding said bar into a mating locking position against the inside surface of said second frame side to pinch said second band end between said bar and second frame side.