Patent ID: 8906067

Claim:
A spinal fixation system, comprising: an interior fixation assembly, comprising: a bone anchoring member; a rod receiver comprising a channel for receiving a rod projection from a first adjacent fixation assembly, the rod receiver having a central axis and the channel being generally perpendicular to the central axis; and a connection member having a rod projection configured to extend to a second adjacent fixation assembly, the rod receiver being coupled to the connection member and rotatable about the central axis of the rod receiver, the interior fixation assembly being axially fixed such that the bone anchoring member, the rod receiver and the connection member are not translatably movable relative to each other; an end fixation assembly comprising a bone anchoring member and a rod receiver axially fixed to the bone anchoring member, the rod receiver being configured to receive the bone extending member from the interior fixation assembly; and an open fixation assembly comprising a bone anchoring member and a connection member, the connection member having a rod projection configured to be received in the rod receiver of the interior fixation assembly, wherein the rod projections of the interior fixation device and the open fixation device are angularly offset from one another.