Adjustable combination clamp assembly

A bone fixation clamp comprising:

• a clamp assembly transitionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
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• a locking member and a contact member configured to individually transition between locked positions and unlocked positions, wherein the clamp assembly is substantially prevented from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration when one of the locking member and the contact member are in the locked position and the other of the locking member and the contact member are in the unlocked position,
• wherein the locking member is coupled to the contact member such that the locking member is rotationally fixed relative to the contact member and the locking member is axially movable relative to the contact member,
• wherein the clamp assembly is a first clamp assembly, the locking member is a first locking member, and the contact member is a first contact member, wherein the bone fixation clamp further comprises:
• a second clamp assembly transitionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
• a second locking member configured to transition between a locked position and an unlocked position;
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• a second contact member configured to transition between a locked position and an unlocked position,
• wherein in the locked position of either of the second locking member and the second contact member the second clamp assembly is substantially prevented from transitioning from the closed position to the open position, and
• wherein the second locking member is coupled to the second contact member such that the second locking member is rotationally fixed relative to the second contact member and the second locking member is axially movable relative to the second contact member,
• wherein the first and second contact members are transitionable between their respective locked and unlocked positions regardless of the positions of the first and second locking members.

A bone fixation clamp comprising:

• a shaft including a first shaft end and a second shaft end spaced apart from the first shaft end along a longitudinal axis;
• a first clamp sub-assembly coupled to the shaft, the first clamp sub-assembly including a first outer vise plate and a first inner vise plate, the first outer vise plate including a first outer contacting surface having at least one first outer recess, the first inner vise plate including a first inner contacting surface having at least one first inner recess, the first outer vise plate and the first inner vise plate being positioned adjacent to one another along the longitudinal axis such that at least one first receiving cavity is formed by the at least one first outer recess and the at least one first inner recess;
• a second clamp sub-assembly coupled to the shaft, the second clamp sub-assembly including a second outer vise plate and a second inner vise plate, the second outer vise plate including a second outer contacting surface having at least one second outer recess, the second inner vise plate including a second inner contacting surface having at least one second inner recess, the second outer vise plate and the second inner vise plate being positioned adjacent to one another along the longitudinal axis such that at least one second receiving cavity is formed by the at least one second outer recess and the at least one second inner recess;
• a first inner locking member transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the first inner locking member substantially prevents the first outer vise plate from moving relative to the first inner vise plate along the longitudinal axis;
• a second inner locking member transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the second inner locking member substantially prevents the second outer vise plate from moving relative to the second inner vise plate along the longitudinal axis;
• an outer locking sub-assembly transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the outer locking sub-assembly substantially prevents both the first outer vise plate from moving relative to the first inner vise plate along the longitudinal axis and the second outer vise plate from moving relative to the second inner vise plate along the longitudinal axis;
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• a sleeve positioned about the shaft and extending along the longitudinal axis, the sleeve being rotatably coupled to the first inner locking member such that rotation of the first inner locking member about the sleeve axially translates the first inner locking member relative to the sleeve along the longitudinal axis transitioning the first inner locking member between the locked position and the unlocked position,
• wherein when the first and second inner locking members are in their respective locked positions and the outer locking sub-assembly is in the unlocked position the first clamp sub-assembly is moveable relative to the second clamp sub-assembly.