Patent ID: 7211087

Claim:
A spinal implant system comprising: a vertebral anchor having a shank with a first unthreaded portion; a spinal implant rod having a second unthreaded portion; a compressible ring, said compressible ring defining an aperture to receive the unthreaded portion of said spinal implant rod; a clamp, said clamp having first and second arms, said first arm having a first channel and said second arm having a second channel; and a collet, said collet positioned inside the first and second channels of said clamp, said collet defining a socket to hold the unthreaded portion of said vertebral anchor, wherein said collet is adjustably anchorable among a plurality of positions along the length of the first unthreaded portion of said anchor, and said ring is adjustably anchorable among a plurality of positions along the length of the second unthreaded portion of said rod.