Patent ID: 8523922

Claim:
A device for attaching an elongated member to a patient comprising; an anchor having a head and a shaft; a receiver attached to the anchor and including a bottom side that faces towards the patient when implanted and an opposing top side, the receiver including a channel configured to receive the elongated member and an interior space positioned between the channel and the bottom side configured to receive the head of the anchor; and one or more slots positioned between the channel and the bottom side of the receiver, the one or more slots extending through the receiver and into the interior space and including opposing first and second sides and a closed back side, wherein at least one slot of the one or more slots extends inward from a first end of the receiver and at least one slot of the one or more slots extends inward from an opposing second end of the receiver, the one or more slots that extend inward from the first and second ends are positioned in an overlapping arrangement between the channel and the bottom side of the receiver.