Patent Document ID: 8066747
Application ID: 11832517

Base Claim:
1. A method to implant in a patient a dynamic spine stabilization, motion preservation system comprising the steps of: accessing the surgical site; implanting first and second anchor systems in a first vertebra; implanting third and fourth anchor systems in a second vertebra; positioning a first horizontal anchor system relative to the first and second anchor systems with a vertical rod system connected to the first horizontal anchor system; positioning a second horizontal anchor system relative to the third and fourth anchor systems; deploying vertical rods from a vertical rod system from a position about parallel to the first horizontal rod system to a position about perpendicular to the first horizontal rod system; and moving the vertical rods into engagement with mounts on the second horizontal anchor system.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of implanting the first anchoring system includes the steps of: screwing a bone screw into the vertebra; one of positioning the first horizontal rod system either through the side of a saddle head of the first anchoring system or positioning the first horizontal rod system through the top of said saddle head and down through the interior of said saddle head; positioning the saddle head relative to the first horizontal rod system and the second anchor system; tightening a first fastener in order to cause one of first fastener to put pressure on the horizontal rod, which horizontal rod places pressure on a compression cradle, which compression cradle places pressure on a compression sphere which compression sphere is movably mounted on the head of the bone screw in order to lock the first horizontal rod system into the first anchor system and to lock the first anchor system.