Patent ID: 8430918
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vertebral fixing system for securing a spinal rod to a vertebra, comprising: a one-piece connector including a passage extending through the one-piece connector for receiving a spinal rod therethrough; a flexible ligature having a first end, a second end, an intermediate portion, a first portion between the intermediate portion and the first end, and a second portion between the intermediate portion and the second end, the first portion and the second portion of the flexible ligature both extending through the one-piece connector such that during surgery the intermediate portion provides a loop portion extending from a first opening of the one-piece connector to pass around a bony structure of a vertebra; and a threaded fastener configured to threadably engage the one-piece connector to secure the flexible ligature to the one-piece connector; wherein threaded engagement of the threaded fastener with the one-piece connector causes the first portion of the flexible ligature to bear against the second portion of the flexible ligature within the one-piece connector.