SURGICAL CABLE CRIMP AND METHOD

摘要

A double-apertured L-shaped crimp (14) is crimped to one end of a cable (16). The other end of the cable (13) is passed around the bone (12) or bones and, if the situation requires, any orthopedic appliance or device to be attached to the bones, and it is then passed through the other aperture (24) in the crimp. The cable is then tensioned by application thereto of a tensioning tool (17) with the tool applied to the cable and to an abutment face (23) of the crimp, whereupon the cable is tensioned. Then the cable portion in the aperture adjacent the tensioning tool is crimped onto the cable to complete the attachment. Then the tensioning tool is removed, and the free end of the cable is cut off at the abutment surface (23).