Patent ID: 7666207

Claim:
A vertebrae fixation device for anchoring to a vertebral body of a vertebra, the vertebrae fixation device comprising: an anchoring element including a receiving head and an anchoring segment, the receiving head including a U-shaped channel for receiving a longitudinal support, the channel having a channel axis; the anchoring segment polyaxially coupled to the receiving head, the anchoring segment including a cylindrical bore coaxially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the anchoring segment, the channel axis being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the anchoring segment, the cylindrical bore extending from a back end to a front end of the anchoring segment; and at least one non-threaded blade attached to the anchoring segment for anchoring the fixation device into the vertebral body, the at least one blade including a length, a width and a thickness, the width being greater than the thickness.