Patent ID: 7789897

Claim:
A pedicle screw spinal rod connector arrangement comprising: a body having a bottom wall portion defining an opening with a head of an inserted pedicle screw mounted adjacent said opening; a bracket connected with said body forming a lateral restraint; a bridge extending over and connected with said body, said bridge defining an at least partially threaded bore, said bridge forming a spinal rod receiving slot between itself and said bracket with a spinal rod received within said slot; and a non-rotative wedge axially offset from said pedicle screw moveable downward by a setscrew threadably mounted within said bore in said bridge wherein said setscrew is rotatable relative to said wedge with said wedge positioned underneath said bore in said bridge and beneath a portion of said setscrew threadably engaged within said bore and with a lower portion of said setscrew engaging said wedge to move said wedge downward, said wedge imparting a locking force having a downward component on said head of said pedicle screw with said head engaged in contact against said bottom wall portion of said body adjacent said opening, said wedge imparting a generally lateral locking force on said spinal rod.