Patent ID: 9597127
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A minimally invasive surgical system, comprising: one or more pairs of anchors, the anchors each being positionable within a bony structure of a patient; one or more pairs of yokes, the yokes each being movably connected to one of the anchors, the yokes each having a passageway therethrough and arms extending upwardly on opposite sides of the passageway, the arms each including internal threads configured to mate with external threads of a setscrew; and a first anchor extension mounted to one of the yokes and a second anchor extension mounted to another one of the yokes, the first and second anchor extensions being configured to manipulate the yokes mounted to the first and second anchor extensions in the patient to align the passageways of the yokes mounted to the first and second anchor extensions.