Patent ID: 9271762
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A system for securing a spinal implant to a bone anchor, the system comprising: an anchor configured to be implanted into a vertebral body; a spinal implant; and a connection assembly comprising a housing member and a receiving member, the housing member having a first end and a second end, the housing member having an aperture proximate the first end for receiving a portion of the spinal implant, and the receiving member having a first end and a second end, the receiving member having an aperture for receiving a portion of the anchor and a resilient leg for contacting the anchor, wherein the receiving member is rotatably connected to the housing member, wherein the connection assembly further comprises a connection member having a first end and a second end, the connection member having a lumen, the lumen is in fluid communication with the aperture of the housing member and oriented generally transversely to the aperture of the housing member, the second end of the connection member is received in a channel of the housing member so that the connection member is rotatably and translatably connected to the housing member.