Patent ID: 7223289

Claim:
A system for repairing a defect in an annulus of a spinal disc, comprising: at least one blocking member positionable at least adjacent to the defect in the annulus; and an attachment portion extending from said at least one blocking member, wherein said attachment portion includes a first position wherein said at least one blocking member and said attachment portion are collapsed for positioning at least adjacent to the defect and along adjacent tissue and said attachment portion further includes a second position wherein said blocking member includes an implanted configuration having a length sized to extend across and block the defect and said attachment portion is rotated from said first position to an orientation in said second position that is positionable into the adjacent tissue, wherein: said attachment portion includes a first anchor engageable to a first vertebral body on one side of the spinal disc and a second anchor engageable to a second vertebral body on the other side of the spinal disc; said first anchor and said second anchor each include a body having a first end defining a receptacle for receiving an adjacent end of said blocking member; and each of said adjacent ends of said blocking member has a passage for receiving a coupling pin therethrough, said coupling pins and each of said adjacent ends of said blocking member positionable in respective ones of said receptacles of said first anchor and said second anchor.