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US 2026/0283667 A1Published application
Sheath for percutaneous cable insertion (spci)
AssigneeSpci, LLC
InventorsEric M. Lindvall, Marshall Simmons
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Abstract
A cable passer sheath engages the end hole of a cable passer. The sheath includes an outer body having an outer diameter and having a cable passer engagement opening at a cable passer engagement end thereof and a cable engagement opening at a cable engagement end thereof. The cable passer engagement opening and cable engagement opening are connected by a passage through the outer body.
Claims13
A method of engaging a cable around a fractured bone comprising:
- making an incision through tissue;
- placing a cable passer around a bone by leading an end hole of the cable passer through the incision and locating the bone in a cable passer passage gap;
- passing a cable through a shaft hole of the cable passer, wherein the shaft hole is in communication with the end hole via a cable passer passage;
- advancing the cable until it can be seen exiting end hole;
- passing a cable passer sheath in a cannulated fashion over the cable exiting the end hole;
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- engaging the cable passer sheath to the cable passer end hole end.
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