Patent ID: 8172843

Claim:
A vertebral fixing system, comprising: a connecting part having two longitudinal elements, wherein the two longitudinal elements are hinged to each other at a first end of the connecting part, wherein the two longitudinal elements comprise mutually facing recesses for receiving a rod there-between, and wherein each of the two longitudinal elements of the connecting part has an orifice; a flexible ligature with two free ends, wherein a portion of the flexible ligature extends through the orifices of the two longitudinal elements of the connecting part to define a loop opposite the two free ends; and a locking means for locking the two longitudinal elements of the connecting part at a second end of the connecting part, wherein when the two longitudinal elements of the connecting part are locked at the second end of the connecting part, two strands of the flexible ligature are pinched between the rod and a wall of the mutually facing recesses of the two longitudinal elements of the connecting part, preventing the flexible ligature from moving in translation relative to the connecting part.