Patent ID: 8623055
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for stabilization of a first vertebral bone and a second vertebral bone, said method comprising: positioning a bone abutment surface of a first fixation member to abut an ipsilateral side of a spinous process of said first vertebral bone and an ipsilateral side of a spinous process of said second vertebral bone, said first fixation member comprising a second surface opposite at least a segment of said bone abutment surface and having at least one aperture configured to extend between said bone abutment surface and said second surface, said aperture being sized to permit formation of a bony fusion there through; positioning a second fixation member relative to a contralateral side of said spinous process of said first vertebral bone and a contralateral side of said spinous process of said second vertebral bone; advancing at least one of said first and second fixation members towards the other; capturing said spinous process of said first vertebral bone and said spinous process of said second vertebral bone between said first and second fixation members; preventing separation of said first and second fixation members after said advancement; advancing a bone screw through a pedicle portion of one said first and second vertebral bones, said bone screw traversing a disc space between said first and second vertebral bones, and comprising a distal segment positioned within said body of an other one of said first and second vertebral bones; and positioning a bone forming material adjacent to said second surface of said first fixation member; wherein said first fixation member is configured to permit placement of at least a portion of said bone forming material after said advancement of said at least one of said first and second fixation members towards the other.