Patent ID: 9301785
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A buttress plate, comprising: a screw having a head and a shank for engaging bone; a body having a cephalad end, a caudad end, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the body defining an opening and forming an annular lip within the opening, the annular lip defined by a first frustoconical cavity having a first major diameter formed proximate the top surface of the plate and a second frustoconical cavity having a second major diameter formed proximate the bottom surface of the plate, the first and second frustoconical cavities extending into the plate such that the first and second frustoconical cavities converge at a minor diameter that is less than the first and second major diameters, the first and second frustoconical cavities having respective first and second surfaces, at least one of the first and second surfaces being non-threaded, the opening configured to receive the shank of the screw therethrough for facilitating the securement of the buttress plate to at least one vertebra, the head of the screw configured to engage the annular lip to secure the screw to the body; a ledge defining an aperture therethrough, the aperture being enclosed within boundaries of the ledge, the ledge being disposed on at least one of the cephalad end and the caudad end of the body and extending to at least one of a cephalad-most end and a caudad-most end of the body, wherein the entire ledge is disposed medially between the top surface and the bottom surface of the body, wherein the ledge includes top and bottom surfaces that are recessed from the top and bottom surfaces of the body, respectively, such that the top and bottom surfaces of the body at least partially surround the ledge, and wherein the ledge and aperture are adapted to engage an instrument for positioning the buttress plate adjacent a spinal bone graft; and a pair of teeth disposed in spaced-apart relation on the bottom surface of the body and positionable within the at least one vertebra.