Patent ID: 9522069
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A spinal cage assembly, comprising: a spinal cage having a structure suitable to maintain two vertebrae separate from each other and having an interior having at least some empty space defined by an internal surface, said spinal cage having at least one screw hole suitable to receive a bone screw directed through an external surface of said spinal cage and having a screw hole axis aimed, in a direction along said screw hole from an exterior of said spinal cage toward said interior of said spinal cage, so as to point partially away from said spinal cage in a longitudinal direction; a spin-plate engageable with said spinal cage and rotatable with respect to said spinal cage, wherein when said spin-plate is in an undeployed position, said spin-plate covers at least a portion of said screw hole, and when said spin-plate is in a deployed position, said spin-plate covers none of said screw hole or less of said screw hole than when said spin-plate is in said undeployed position; and wherein said spinal cage comprises a first feature suitable to receive a first end of a shaft of said spin-plate and comprises a second feature suitable to receive a second end of said shaft of said spin-plate, wherein said first feature is a first internal groove within said internal surface and said second feature is a second internal groove within said internal surface, said second internal groove being opposed to said first internal groove.