Patent ID: 9561058
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An iliac connector comprising a connector head and an elongate connecting member for connecting a sacrum or a spine to an ilium, the connector head having a first hole for receiving an elongate spinal member, the elongate spinal member penetrating at least one spinal bone screw, and the connector head having a second hole for receiving the elongate connecting member, the elongate connecting member being held in at least one iliac bone screw, wherein the first hole has a first central axis and the second hole has a second central axis, wherein first central axis extends in a first direction and the second central axis extends in a second direction, wherein the first direction is different to the second direction and wherein the first direction and the second direction are at an angle to each other, wherein the connector head further has a first fixation opening for holding a first fixation screw and a second fixation opening for holding a second fixation screw, the first fixation opening leading to the first hole to hold the elongate spinal member received in the first hole with the first fixation screw and the second fixation opening leading to the second hole to hold the elongate spinal member received in the second hole with the second fixation screw, wherein the first fixation opening has a third central axis extending perpendicular to the first central axis of the first hole and the second fixation opening has a fourth central axis extending perpendicular to the second central axis of the second hole, and wherein the elongate connecting member is made of a material being more flexible than titanium.