Patent ID: 6379354
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A flat spinal implant link member comprising(i) a first end adapted to be affixed to a vertebra; (ii) a second end adapted to be affixed to a second vertebra; (iii) a central portion connecting said first end and said second end: (iv) an aperture having a middle portion in said first end and in said second end; wherein said central portion (iii) is offset from a line extended between middle portions of each of said apertures in said first and second ends of said implant member; and (v) means for engaging at least one of said first end (i) or said second end (ii) of said implant member with a first or second end of another implant member when at least one of said apertures of each of said implant members are superimposed.