Patent ID: 8636771

Claim:
A spinal implant comprising: a first arm having a first spinous process segment of a spinous process clamp for attachment to a spinous process of a lumbar vertebra on a superior end thereof and a first sacrum segment of a sacrum clamp for attachment to a protuberance of a sacrum on an inferior end thereof; a second arm having a second spinous process segment of the spinous process clamp on a superior end thereof and a second sacrum segment of the sacrum clamp on an inferior end thereof; and a projection fixed to the first arm and extending transverse thereto, the second arm movably disposed on the projection for length adjustment between the first and second spinous process segments for attachment of the spinous process clamp to the spinous process of the lumbar vertebra, and between the first and second sacrum segments for concerted attachment of the sacrum clamp to the protuberance of the sacrum; wherein the first spinous process segment includes an inner surface being generally parallel to an inner surface of the second spinous process segment; and wherein the first sacrum segment includes an inner surface that angles away from an inner surface of the second sacrum segment.