bone 12 constructed in accordance with the present invention is shown the apparatus 10 is connected to the bone 12 through at least a first bone screw 14a and a second bone screw 14b thereby securing spaced apart portions of the bone 12 relative to each other in the exemplary application illustrated in fig1 the bone shown represents a tibia 12 of a child however it is to be understood that the apparatus 10 may be operatively attached to a variety of other types of bones with continued reference to fig1 and additional reference to fig2 the apparatus 10 is shown to generally include a main body portion 16 as well as a first bone screw clamping assembly 18 and a second bone screw clamping assembly 20 as will be appreciated below the main body 16 functions to allow the apparatus 10 to articulate so as to provide a desired orientation of the bone screws 14 with respect to the bone 12 the first bone screw clamping assembly or bone screw clamp 18 is used to secure the first bone screw 14a to the apparatus 10 while permitting the first bone screw 14a to be axially displaced from the main body 18 in a similar fashion the second bone screw clamping assembly 20 which is also able to secure the second bone screw 14b to the apparatus 10 as well as to allow the second bone screw 14b to be axially displaced with respect to the main body 16 the first bone screw clamping assembly 18 will be described in greater detail with reference to fig3 a 3 c it is to be understood that while only the first bone screw clamping assembly 18 is being described the second bone screw clamping assembly 20.