Patent ID: 7905907

Claim:
A method for stabilizing more than two bones, said method comprising: inserting a first bone anchor in a first bone; inserting a second bone anchor in a second bone spanning at least one other bone to be braced; and inserting a third bone anchor in a third bone between said first and second bones, the position of the proximal end of said third bone anchor being determined in at least one of its dimensions so as to lie on an arc between the proximal ends of said inserted first and second bone anchors; inserting a proximal end of a non-linear connector in said first bone anchor, said non-linear connector having a first curvature prior to said step of inserting said first bone anchor, and said non-linear connector having a second curvature after being inserted into said first bone anchor, wherein said first curvature and said second curvature are equivalent; pivoting said non-linear connector about its proximal end so as to bring a distal end of said non-linear connector into said second bone anchor and an intermediate surface of said non-linear connector into said third bone anchor; wherein said arc is defined by said first curvature.