Patent ID: 7731735
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A stabilization member connectable surgical implant engageable by a surgical tool having spaced apart jaws with inward facing tubular protrusions, said implant comprising: a body for interfacing with a bone structure; and a head connected with said body having spaced apart posts juxtaposed by a stabilization member receiving area, each said post having an outward side face, said outward side face having an upper generally vertical surface intersecting with a generally inward directed under surface intersecting with a lower generally vertical surface, said side face having a generally tubular cylindrical indention intersecting said upper and lower generally vertical surfaces and said inward directed under surface; and wherein said cylindrical indention has a circular profile that penetrates each of said upper and lower generally vertical surfaces and terminates in a blind end, and wherein said circular profile of said indention projects onto and extends along said upper generally vertical surface, and wherein said blind end comprises a closed end of said cylindrical indentation, and wherein said circular profile of said blind end extends 360°.