Patent ID: 9119675
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An implantable system comprising: a first connecting body having a one-piece body comprising a first collar and a first receptacle; a second connecting body comprising a second collar and a second receptacle; a first elongate body received in the first receptacle; a second elongate body received in the second receptacle, wherein the first receptacle faces outwards towards the first elongate body and away from the second elongate body; a third elongate body received in the first collar and the second collar, wherein the third elongate body is laterally offset from the first receptacle of the first connecting body for accommodating anatomical structural elements, and a first c-ring received in the first collar, wherein the first c-ring receives the third elongate body, and wherein a screw tightens the first collar around the first c-ring and the third elongate body, wherein the first connecting body and the second connecting body are each capable of translating axially along the third elongate body, and wherein locking of the first elongate body in the first receptacle is independent from locking of the third elongate body in the first collar of the first connecting body.