Patents Assigned to Osseus, LLC
  • Method and device for cutting surgical wire or cable
    Patent number: 7645282
    Abstract: A method and device for cutting orthopedic cable including tensioning and crimping the cable in a desired position within a surgical cavity. A free end of the cable is inserted a device with two coaxial members having coordinating shearing faces. The shearing faces are moved along the cable to a position proximate a portion of the cable to be cut. Cutting is achieved is by rotating the coaxial members with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Osseus, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn T. Huxel, Oliver Buchert
  • Method and device for cutting surgical wire or cable
    Publication number: 20050149086
    Abstract: A method and device for cutting orthopedic cable including tensioning and crimping the cable in a desired position within a surgical cavity. A free end of the cable is inserted a device with two coaxial members having coordinating shearing faces. The shearing faces are moved along the cable to a position proximate a portion of the cable to be cut. Cutting is achieved is by rotating the coaxial members with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Osseus, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Huxel, Oliver Buchert