US 11,730,527 B2
Surgical instrument for tightening a bone fixation member around bone
Matthias Esser, Freiburg (DE); Daniel Gumpert, Denzlingen (DE); Gheorghe Marton, Freiburg (DE); and Matthias Steffen, Merzhausen (DE)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Limited
Filed by Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill (IE)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/89,128.
Claims priority of application No. 19206931 (EP), filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128214 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/82 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8861 (2013.01) [A61B 17/823 (2013.01); A61B 17/8863 (2013.01); A61B 17/8869 (2013.01); A61B 17/8872 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument for tightening a bone fixation member around bone, the surgical instrument comprising:
a body with a gripping portion extending from the body and configured to be grasped by a hand;
a clamp for clamping a bone fixation member, wherein the clamp comprises two opposed clamping jaws;
a link connected to and movably guided relative to the body, wherein the clamp is connected to and movably guided relative to the link; and
an actuator connected to and movably guided relative to the body and configured to be operated by a hand, wherein the actuator is mechanically linked to the clamp such that the actuator is configured to first move the clamp before moving the link, wherein each clamping jaw is configured to be movable by the actuator towards and/or away from the other clamping jaw.