Patent ID: 8241342

Claim:
A flexible clamp device for the anchoring of cranial bones, comprising: a plurality of flexible anchoring members; a stabilization member having a generally planar member and at least one locking tooth or projection extending from said stabilization member and adapted to engage an exterior portion of a cranial bone, said stabilization member is adapted to be mounted on said plurality of flexible anchoring members in a direction that is generally radial or generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said plurality of flexible anchoring members; wherein said plurality of flexible anchoring members are spaced and each comprise an anchoring end adapted to clamp to an internal portion of said cranial bone; a cross member monolithically formed with said plurality of flexible anchoring members and connecting second ends of each of said plurality of flexible anchoring members, wherein each of said plurality of flexible anchoring members may be flexed such that said anchoring ends thereof are displaced inwardly toward each other to facilitate placement through an aperture in said cranial bone and adapted to flex away from each other after said placement so that said anchoring ends become situated in opposed relation to said internal portion of said cranial bone; a locking tab extending from said anchoring end of each of said plurality of flexible anchoring members and being adapted to engage and clamp against an internal surface of a cranial bone, said locking tab further comprising: a first portion extending outwardly from said anchoring end; and a second portion extending generally perpendicular from said first portion toward said second end, said second portion engaging said internal portion of said cranial bone; said first and second portions also being monolithically formed together with said plurality of flexible anchoring members which are monolithically formed with said cross member.