Patent 8425521 was granted and assigned to Stryker Trauma (company) on April, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A tensioning device for surgical elements is described. The tensioning device comprises a fixation device, a clamping device, a spring device, and a force deflecting device that interacts with the clamping device. The force deflecting device is designed to convert the spring force exerted by the spring device on the clamping device into a clamping force exerted by the clamping device on the surgical element.