Patent ID: 9717541
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A spinal implant, comprising: a body having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a superior surface, and an inferior surface, the body being positionable with respect to a vertebra on which a laminectomy has been performed in an installed position in which a first lateral end of the body receives at least a portion of a first cut lamina end of the vertebra and a second, opposite lateral end of the body receives at least a portion of a second, opposite cut lamina end of the vertebra such that the body spans across the first and second cut lamina ends of the vertebra; a first bone anchor receiving hole formed through the posterior surface of the body and in the first lateral end of the body and angled such that a bone screw inserted therethrough extends into a first lateral mass of a vertebra when the body is disposed in the installed position with respect to the vertebra; a second bone anchor receiving hole formed through the posterior surface of the body and in the second lateral end of the body and angled such that a bone screw inserted therethrough extends into a second, opposite lateral mass of a vertebra when the body is disposed in the installed position with respect to the vertebra; and a receiver head having first and second arms configured to receive a spinal rod therebetween, the receiver head being attachable to the body such that at least a portion of the receiver head is inferior to the superior surface of the body, superior to the inferior surface of the body, and posterior to the posterior surface of the body.