公开(公告)号：US09675386B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14203820

申请日：2014-03-11

Applicant: K2M, Inc.

Inventor： Behrooz Akbarnia ,  Burt Yaszay ,  Brandon Moore ,  Stuart Weikel ,  Clint Boyd ,  Christian DiPaola

IPC: A61B17/70 ,  A61B17/88

CPC classification number: A61B17/7053 ,  A61B17/8869

Abstract: A flexible implant system includes a flexible implant, an implant housing, and an implant set screw. The flexible implant is configured to loop around a portion of a bony element. The implant housing includes a housing body defining a rod passage configured to receive an rod. The housing body also defines an implant passage that receives a portion of the flexible implant. The implant set screw engages the flexible implant within the implant passage to fix the flexible implant to the implant housing.