Patent ID: 8177816

Claim:
An anchor for attaching an elongate member to bone, said anchor comprising: a base adapted for attaching to bone, the base including a longitudinal shaft having a tip adapted to enter bone and a thread extending along the shaft for advancing the shaft into the bone and holding the shaft in position in the bone; a connector unitarily joined to the base, the connector including a mount which includes a notch having a width and a depth sized for mounting the elongate member on the connector so the elongate member extends in a longitudinal direction of the notch, and a slot extending through the connector from a first open end to a second open end in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the notch, said slot having a side extending between the open ends which opens out of the connector, said slot having a width less than the width of the notch sized for receiving a tie and positioned on the connector spaced from the notch for tying the anchor to the bone when the base is attached to the bone; and a flexible looped tie received in the slot.