Patent ID: 7618418

Claim:
An implantable medical device for supporting a structure comprising: a support having a top surface and bottom portion and one or more apertures passing therethrough, the bottom portion including a bottom surface and a receiver; the receiver including one or more anchor assemblies, each of the one or more anchor assemblies including a deformable head and a base portion movably supported by the deformable head, the base portion extending from the bottom surface for engaging with the structure to be supported, the deformable head engaging with the receiver of the support, each of the anchor assemblies further including means for locking the anchor assembly passable through the top surface of said support and the one or more apertures to engage and deform the deformable head into locking engagement with the receiver of the support; and a second anchor assembly lockably engagable with the support; wherein the base portion includes: a base head, wherein the base head is movably disposed within the deformable head, and the means for locking the anchor assembly further locks the base head in the deformable head in a desired position relative to the support wherein the deformable head includes a receptacle and the base head is supported relative to the support in the receptacle, the deformable head further including an aperture extending from the receptacle toward the top surface of the support for receiving the means for locking the anchor assembly through the one or more apertures of the support.