Cable fixation device, instruments, and methods

A cable fixation device for securing bone segments comprising:

• a clamp housing;
• a surgical cable;
• said surgical cable having a cable head;
• a head aperture situated within said clamp housing for securing said cable head within said head aperture;
• a lock aperture within said clamp housing;
• a multipart collet housed within said lock aperture;
• said multipart collet comprising a plurality of individual collet sections encircling said surgical cable;
• a lock cap housed within said lock aperture;
• said surgical cable formed into a cable loop with a portion of said cable residing within said multipart collet;
• wherein said head aperture and said lock aperture intersect and are contiguous;
• and wherein the cable fixation device comprises one or more of:
• a) said multipart collet having a first lock wall and a second lock wall extending from opposed ends of said multipart collet for compressing said multipart collet about said surgical cable during locking;
• and b) said lock cap having a locking cap drive axis and said clamp housing further comprises a pair of opposed control slots wherein the elongate side of each control slot is perpendicular to said locking cap drive axis.