Patent ID: 7828825
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A multi-level, multi-functional spinal stabilization system, comprising: a construct positionable along at least first and second levels of a spinal column, said construct including a motion preserving portion and a motion preventing portion, said motion preserving portion including a first flexible, elongate body and said motion preventing portion including a second substantially rigid, elongate body and further comprising: a flexible linking member extending through passages of said first and second bodies to flexibly link said first and second bodies in end-to-end engagement with one another; a first anchor engageable to a first vertebra, a second anchor engageable to a second vertebrae and a third anchor engageable to a third vertebra with the first, second and third vertebrae comprising the first and second levels of the spinal column, wherein said first body includes a length adapted to extend from said first anchor across the first level of the spinal column toward said second anchor to said second body when said first and second anchors are engaged to the first and second vertebrae comprising the first level to preserve motion of the first level and said second body includes a length adapted to extend from said second anchor to said third anchor when said second and third anchors are engaged to the second and third vertebrae comprising the second level to prevent motion of the second level.