Patent ID: 8821546
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A vertebral stabilization assembly for stabilizing vertebrae, the assembly comprising: a first vertebral screw having a shaft with a first end, a threaded portion, and an engaging portion, the threaded portion configured for threading engagement of the first vertebral screw with a vertebral body of a vertebra; and a second vertebral screw having a shaft with a first end, a first threaded portion, a second threaded portion, and an engaging portion, the first and second threaded portions configured for threading engagement of the second vertebral screw with the vertebral body of the vertebra; wherein the second vertebral screw is configured to cross through the first vertebral screw while engaged with the vertebral body of the vertebra, wherein the first vertebral screw encloses a passageway, wherein the passageway is configured to enclose a locking pin, wherein the locking in secures the second vertebral screw to the first vertebral screw.