Patent ID: 9095384
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for providing torsional stabilization to a spine, comprising: extending an implant between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body, the implant being attached to a fixation device rigidly fixed to a spinous process of the second vertebral body and extending laterally outwardly to attach to a location on the first vertebral body without penetrating a facet of the first vertebral body, wherein the fixation device does not engage the spinous process of the first vertebral body; wherein the implant is fixed at a first fixation point to the first vertebral body and at a second fixation point to the second vertebral body, wherein the first and second fixation points and the implant lie substantially within the same plane parallel with a disc space between the first and second vertebral bodies, such that relative movement between the first fixation point and the second fixation point away from one another is resisted during axial rotation of the spine by tensioning the implant without contacting or fixing any apparatus to the spinous process of the first vertebral body.