Patent ID: 8523906

Claim:
An apparatus for use in attaching an additional construct to a spinal rod in an existing spinal construct implanted in a patient, comprising: a rod connector extension assembly comprising a rod connector and a rod connector introducer including a first elongate extension releasably secured to said rod connector, said rod connector comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having an opening for receipt of said existing spinal rod and including a rod engagement member, said second portion having an opening therethrough defining an axis, said first portion being attached to said second portion to rotate about said axis relative to said second portion, said second portion including a connecting portion defining an elongate additional rod projecting therefrom and terminating in a free distal end, said second portion being releasably secured to said first elongate extension, said first elongate extension including an elongate sleeve having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end being releasably secured to said second portion, said sleeve having a lumen extending lengthwise through said sleeve collinearly along said axis in communication with said first portion of said rod connector through the opening of said second portion; and a bone implant extension assembly comprising a bone implant having a slot and a second elongate extension having a slot, said second elongate extension being releasably secured to said bone implant with said slot in said second elongate extension being in communication with said slot in said bone implant, said slot in said bone implant being configured to receive said distal free end of said additional rod.