Patent ID: 8052726

Claim:
A spinal connector system, comprising: a connector including a saddle portion and an eyelet portion depending from said saddle portion to form a monolithic connector body, said saddle portion defining a passage for receiving an elongated connecting element therethrough along a first axis and said eyelet portion including a receptacle, said receptacle housing a retaining member therein, said retaining member including a through-bore extending therethrough along a second axis and a center through which said second axis extends; and an elongated anchor including a shaft positioned through said through-bore along said second axis, wherein said anchor and said retaining member include a first orientation in said eyelet portion wherein said second axis is orthogonal to a plane including said first axis and said center and said connector is pivotable about said retaining member in said receptacle so that said second axis is obliquely oriented to said plane, wherein said shaft of said elongated anchor defines a central lumen extending between an opening at a proximal end of said shaft and an opposite distal end of said shaft.