be appreciated by one skilled in the art that the minimum internal diameter d of the conical segment 12 may correspond to the internal diameter of the hollow cylindrical segment 11 the clamping body 6 may move within the cavity 5 and may have a maximum external diameter d which may be larger than the minimum internal diameter d of the conical segment 12 the clamping body 6 may be positioned within the hollow body 1 so that the clamping body 6 may be centered in the device 10 and may be used to clamp fixation elements simultaneously fixation elements of different sizes may be used with the device 10 for example kirschner wires 8 having diameters ranging for example from about 1 0 mm to about 3 5 mm may be used with the device 10 to clamp kirschner wires 8 in the device 10 the clamping body 6 may be moved towards the rear end 3 of the hollow body 1 such that the kirschner wires 8 may be clamped in the gap between the wall 7 of the conical segment 12 and an external surface 9 of the clamping body 6 by moving the clamping body 6 towards the rear end 3 of the hollow body 1 the gap between the wall 7 of the conical segment 12 and the external surface 9 of the clamping body 6 may be decreased moreover the external surface 9 of the.