Patent ID: 7988711
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vertebral stabilization system, comprising: a base including a distal foot and a proximal engagement structure extending proximally from said distal foot, wherein said distal foot includes an engagement surface projecting laterally outwardly from said engagement structure and said engagement surface includes a surface area positionable toward a vertebral body, wherein said engagement surface includes a biocompatible adhesive on said surface area that is configured to atraumatically engage said base to the vertebral body, wherein said base includes a pair of arms extending away from said engagement surface, said pair of arms defining first and second proximally oriented slots between said pair of arms extending in a first direction along said base and said pair of arms define a passage in communication with said first and second slots, said pair of arms defining an internal thread profile that extends around said passage, wherein said passage includes an enlarged portion between said pair of anus that extends distally from a proximal opening of said passage and said first and second slots taper distally from said enlarged portion to distal ends of said first and second slots, said first and second slots forming openings through said base at opposite sides of said base; a longitudinal member positioned through said openings formed by said first and second slots and extending from said base in said first direction and each of said first and second slots taper distally on opposite sides of said longitudinal member so that said longitudinal member intimately fits in said distal ends of said first and second slots; and a retaining member positioned between said first and second slots and threadingly engaged to said internal thread profile in contact with said longitudinal member to secure said longitudinal member against said base in said first and second slots.