Surgical bone plating appliance

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A SURGICAL APPLIANCE FOR DRAWING TOGETHER AT LEAST A FIRST AND A SECOND PART OF A FRACTURED BONE AND FOR THEREAFTER SECURING SAID BONE PARTS RIGIDLY TO EACH OTHER, COMPRISING A BONE PLATE, SAID BONE PLATE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND PART ADAPTED TO BE APPLIED UPON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND BONE PARTS, RESPECTIVELY, MEANS FOR RIGIDLY SECURING AND FIRST BONE-PLATE PART TO SAID FIRST BONE PART AT ONE SIDE OF SAID FRACTURE, A TENSIONING COAPTOR COMPRISING PLATECLAMPING MEANS AND BONE-CLAMPING MEANS, SAID PLATECLAMPING MEANS COMPRISING A MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND BONE-PLATE PART AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FRACTURE AND HAVING MEANS THEREON FOR EMBRACING AND GRIPPING AND SECOND BONE-PLATE PART AT BOTH LATERAL SIDES THEREOF, SAID BONE-CLAMPING MEANS COMPRISING A TENSION SCREW HAVING AN AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BONE PLATE AND HAVING ONE END SCREWED INTO SAID PLATE-CLAMPING MEANS, SAID TENSION SCREW AND SAID PLATE-CLAMPING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE TURNED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER ABOUT SAID AXIS OF SAID TENSION SCREW SO AS TO SCREW SAID PLATE-CLAMPING MEANS ALONG SAID SCREW, A BUSHING SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID TENSION SCREW AND EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE TO THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW, SECURING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID SECOND BONE PART AND COMPRISING A ROD SHAPED MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED THROUGH SAID BUSHING, SAID BUSHING BEING ADAPTED TO SERVE AS A BORING TEMPLATE FOR DRILLING A BORE INTO SAID SECOND BONE PART FOR RECEIVING SAID ROD-SHAPED MEMBER AFTER IT HAS BEEN INSERTED THROUGH SAID BUSHING AND FOR THUS SECURING SAID ROD-SHAPED MEMBER TO SAID SECOND BONE PART, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID SECOND BONE-PLATE PART TO SAID SECOND BONE PART AFTER SAID TENSION SCREW AND SAID PLATE-CLAMPING MEANS HAVE BEEN TURNED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN ONE DIRECTION UNTIL SAID TWO BONE PARTS ARE DRAWN TOGETHER.