Patent ID: 7862590

Claim:
An interspinous spacer comprising: anchoring plates for securing the interspinous spacer to a vertebra; a superior arch and an inferior arch connecting the anchoring plates and forming a central opening in the interspinous spacer; a first saddle disposed on a superior side of the superior arch and centered along the superior arch to capture the spinous process of a superior vertebra; a second saddle disposed on an inferior side of the inferior arch and centered along the inferior arch to capture the spinous process of an inferior vertebra; and an aperture in each of the anchoring plates being sized to receive a pedicle screw for attaching the interspinous spacer to the pedicles of the vertebra, each of the apertures being laterally aligned with a central section of the central opening; the first saddle extends farther in a superior direction than a remainder of the superior arch.