Patent ID: 8940023
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A spinal fixation assembly, comprising: a housing having an anterior base and a pair of arms extending posteriorly therefrom, the pair of arms defining a slot therebetween configured to seat a spinal fixation element, the slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing and configured to be aligned with a midline of the spine; the housing having a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and extending through the base and the slot; an anchor-receiving opening formed in one of the pair of arms and extending between the slot and a concave bone contacting surface of the arm adjacent the base; and an anchor member having a head positionable within the anchor-receiving opening and a shank configured to engage bone; wherein the anchor-receiving opening is disposed entirely on one side of the central axis and configured such that when the head of the anchor member is completely disposed within the housing, the head is disposed entirely on one side of the central axis and the shank extends anteriorly and laterally away from the housing at an acute angle relative to the central axis.