Patent ID: 7582088

Claim:
Bone fixing device comprising: (I) a surgical cable having a first end and a second end, and (II) at least a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate respectively having first and second central holes and first and second rings surrounding said first and second holes, wherein each of the first and second fixing plates has an outer edge defining an outer circumference thereof and an inner edge defining a respective one of the first and second central holes, the second fixing plate being positionable into contact with a bone part to be fixed and the first fixing plate being in a stacked position on top of the second fixing plate when positioned against the bone part to be fixed so as to establish a gap therebetween such that the first and second central holes at least partly overlap each other, wherein each of the first and second ends of the cable is connected to the first and second fixing plates, and wherein at least one of the first and second ends of the cable follows a continuous trajectory having sequential trajectory parts comprising an initial trajectory part (j) running from outside the outer edges underneath the second ring and up to the second hole, the at least one end of the cable thereafter bending upward into a first upward trajectory part (a) running through the second and the first holes, respectively, bending to an outward trajectory part (b) running across the first ring in a direction from its inner edge toward its outer edge, bending to a downward trajectory part (c) outside at least the outer edge of the first ring running in a direction opposite to the first upward trajectory part (a), bending to an inner trajectory part (d) running through the second central hole of the second ring, wherein the inner trajectory part (d) includes one and other ends, the one end thereof being connected to a first radial trajectory part (e) running through the gap established between the first and second fixing plates and the other end thereof being connected to a second radial trajectory part (f) running underneath the second ring.