Patent ID: 9642652
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A cervical plate, comprising: an elongate plate which bridges, during use, substantially adjacent vertebrae by anchoring the plate to the vertebrae, the elongate plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is positioned, during use, adjacent to at least a portion of a surface of the vertebrae; a plurality of openings extending through the elongate plate; a plurality of bone fasteners comprising a head and a shaft, wherein the shaft is positionable, during use, in the opening such that the shaft engages, during use, at least one of the vertebrae and the head is inhibited from being conveyed through the opening such that the bone fasteners couple the elongate plate to the vertebrae; and a securing mechanism directly connected to the elongate plate which when activated inhibits removal of at least two of the bone fasteners from the openings and inhibits movement of at least the shafts of the bone fasteners in a lateral direction, while allowing movement of at least the shafts of the bone fasteners substantially parallel to a sagittal plane, wherein when the securing mechanism is activated the heads of the bone fasteners are inhibited from translational movement relative to the elongate plate substantially parallel to a sagittal plane.