Patent ID: 8430913
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An assembly for linking to an existing spinal construct, said existing spinal construct having at least two bone engaging fasteners engaged to corresponding vertebrate and connected by a connecting member in which the bone engaging fasteners each include a yoke receiving said connecting member seated therein and a fastener clamping the connecting member within the yoke of at least one of said bone engaging fasteners, said assembly comprising: an elongate fastener having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion being configured to engage the yoke of another of said bone engaging fasteners and comprising a tip at said lower portion configured to engage said connecting member seated within the yoke of said another bone engaging fastener when said tip is in engagement with said connecting member; a linking member having an elongated portion and a mounting structure, said mounting structure being configured for mounting on the yoke of said another of said bone engaging fasteners and including a collar defining an opening therethrough for receipt therethrough of said upper portion of said elongate fastener; a locking member disposed within said opening in said collar; and a clamping member configured to threadably engage the upper threaded portion of said elongate fastener when extending through the opening in said collar and further configured to lock said locking member to said collar when engaged to said elongate fastener.