Patent ID: 8162987

Claim:
A modular spine treatment kit comprising: a plurality of anchor systems adapted to be anchored to the spine of a patient; each of said anchors including a head and a bone anchor; a plurality of first deflection horizontal rod systems wherein each deflection horizontal rod system includes a horizontal rod having a first end, a second end, and a mount extending from the horizontal rod substantially midway between the first end and the second end, a flexible deflection rod having a fixed end mounted to the mount of the horizontal rod and a deflectable end capable of deflecting relative to the horizontal rod in response to a load applied to the deflectable end; at least one second horizontal rod that is rigid; each of said anchor heads including a channel that can receive one of said first deflection horizontal rod systems and said second horizontal rod; at least one vertical rod that can be connected between the at least one rigid second horizontal rod and a deflectable end of a flexible deflection rod of one of said plurality of first deflection horizontal rod systems; and wherein the above components of the modular spine treatment kit can be selected and assembled in order to match the loading characteristics of the spine in order to dynamically stabilize the spine and share the load placed on the spine.