Patent ID: 8870929

Claim:
A method for installing a surgical device on a spine for applying corrective forces thereon, comprising: installing at least one anchor on a first vertebra and at least another anchor on a second vertebra; installing at least one connector directly on at least one of the first and the second vertebrae at a location spaced from a linear axis linking the at least one anchor of the first vertebra and the at least one anchor of the second vertebra; fixing a flexible tether to one of the anchors; tensioning the flexible tether about a surface of the at least one connector, wherein tensioning the flexible tether comprises tensioning the flexible tether between a first pair of vertebrae independently of the tensioning of the flexible tether between a second pair of vertebrae; and fixing the flexible tether to the other one of the anchors to maintain a tension in the flexible tether to apply corrective forces to the vertebrae interconnected by the tether.