FIXING DEVICE FOR CLAMPING THE ENDS OF A SURGICAL CABLE USED FOR FIXING BONE PARTS

摘要

Fixing device, comprising a surgical cable (22) having a first and a second free end and at least three fixing plates (2, 4, 6) positioned in a stack as a top plate (6), a middle plate (4) and a bottom plate (2), leaving a gap (24, 26) between two adjacent plates, each fixing plate having a ring (14, 16, 18) surrounding a central hole (8, 10, 12), the rings having an inner edge adjacent to the hole and an outer edge along a circumference of the fixing plate, wherein the holes in the stacked position at least partly overlap each other thus forming a central hole in the stack, and wherein at least one working end of the cable follows a specified continuous trajectory containing sections running through the hole, around the outer edges and underneath, over and between the rings of the plates.