Patent ID: 8709047
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A spinal stabilization device for stabilizing adjacent first and second vertebrae, comprising: a first structural member having a length for spanning from a spinous process of the first vertebra to a spinous process of the second vertebra, the first structural member including: a second structural member having a length for spanning from the spinous process of the first vertebra to the spinous process of the second vertebra, the second structural member including: a connector extending from the intermediate region of the first structural member and configured to connect to the intermediate region of the second structural member, the connector configured to be positionable between the spinous process of the first vertebra and the spinous process of the second vertebra with the connector below the spinous process of the first vertebra and above the spinous process of the second vertebra when the first and second structural members are secured on opposite sides of the first and second vertebrae.